Jeffrey Collins

March 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Judge Clifton Newman returned to Cleveland State University, where he earned his law degree in 1976, to discuss his career and the six-week trial that ended in Murdaugh's murder convictions for killing his wife and son and life sentence.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

4 minute read

March 03, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"As I tell you again, I respect this court. But I am innocent. I would never under any circumstances hurt my wife Maggie and I would never under any circumstances hurt my son Paul-Paul," Alex Murdaugh said.

By Jeffrey Collins and James Pollard | The Associated Press

5 minute read

March 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Murdaugh, 54, faces 30 years to life in prison without parole when he is sentenced, which in South Carolina is typically right after the verdict but can be delayed if a judge chooses.

By Jeffrey Collins and James Pollard | The Associated Press

6 minute read

January 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Circuit Judge Clifton Newman told the attorneys Tuesday that he will decide on a case-by-case basis outside the jury's presence.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

5 minute read

January 05, 2023 | Daily Report Online

A lower court judge ruled in September that South Carolina lawmakers "ignored advances in scientific research and evolving standards of humanity and decency" when they passed a law effectively forcing condemned prisoners to choose between electrocution or the firing squad.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

4 minute read

October 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said the report released Tuesday after a two-year investigation is "repackaged and recycled garbage" and a political attack weeks before the Nov. 6 election.

By Jeffrey Collins and Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

5 minute read

February 02, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The South Carolina Supreme Court cancelled a lower court's Monday hearing in which a freelance journalist covering the fight over the estate of soul singer James Brown might have been forced to reveal her sources.

By Jeffrey Collins

4 minute read

February 02, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The South Carolina Supreme Court cancelled a lower court's Monday hearing in which a freelance journalist covering the fight over the estate of soul singer James Brown might have been forced to reveal her sources.

By Jeffrey Collins

3 minute read

January 20, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A judge says South Carolina officials must release the diary of James Brown's widow and other documents related to the nearly decade-long fight over the late soul singer's estate.

By Jeffrey Collins

3 minute read

January 20, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A judge says South Carolina officials must release the diary of James Brown's widow and other documents related to the nearly decade-long fight over the late soul singer's estate.

By Jeffrey Collins

3 minute read