South Carolina jury convicts inmate in first trial involving deadly prison riots
South Carolina jury convicts inmate in first trial involving deadly prison riots
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South Carolina jury convicts inmate in first trial involving deadly prison riots
South Carolina jurors have convicted an inmate on charges related to participation in the deadliest U.S. prison riot of the past quarter-century.
Smith was imprisoned at the time of the riot after being convicted of attempted murder in the shooting of a University of South Carolina student. That conviction was overturned by the state Supreme Court three years ago. He’s been held since then at a Columbia detention center.