Meg Kinnard

August 07, 2007 | Daily Report Online

GREENVILLE, S.C. AP - Several jurors deciding whether to sentence a convicted arsonist to death or life in prison for setting a hotel fire that killed six people were visibly shaken Tuesday during testimony about the victims.Panel members wiped away tears as they heard from relatives of the victims, and at least one juror covered his eyes when shown autopsy photographs.

By Meg Kinnard

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October 16, 2013 | Daily Report Online

South Carolina's high court on Wednesday reversed the death sentence of a man convicted in a teen's 2001 torture and death, ruling that the defendant should have been allowed to represent himself at trial.

By Meg Kinnard

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June 06, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A federal court has turned down an appeal from three South Carolina men convicted of fleecing investors of $80 million.

By Meg Kinnard

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August 06, 2007 | Daily Report Online

GREENVILLE, S.C. AP - A man convicted of setting a hotel blaze that killed six people also burned an antique store in Indiana and knew what he was doing, prosecutors arguing for the death penalty told jurors Monday.Eric Preston Hans, 37, was convicted of arson resulting in death last week. The same jury that found Hans guilty was to decide whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole.

By Meg Kinnard

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September 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - A year after he was taken into custody, a man goes on trial this week on charges he held a 14-year-old girl captive in an underground bunker until she summoned help with a cell phone text message.Pretrial publicity prompted the judge to move the trial of Vinson Filyaw nearly 200 miles, from Kershaw County northeast of Columbia to the state's southern tip.

By Meg Kinnard

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August 02, 2007 | Daily Report Online

GREENVILLE, S.C. AP - A South Carolina man was found guilty Thursday of setting a hotel fire that killed six people in 2004.Jurors deliberated over two days before finding Eric Preston Hans, 37, guilty of one federal count of arson resulting in death.Hans showed no emotion when the verdict was read after more than eight hours of jury deliberations.

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November 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

GREENVILLE, S.C. AP - A South Carolina man has been sentenced to three years probation for plowing his speeding Maserati into a house, killing a man inside.John Ludwig pleaded guilty Monday to reckless homicide in the death of Frederic Bardsley. The 37-year-old businessman was also ordered to perform 500 hours of community service.

By MEG KINNARD

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June 10, 2011 | Daily Report Online

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February 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - Attorneys for a federal death row inmate who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering a South Carolina woman said Monday that their client should not be executed and deserves a new trial.Chadrick Fulks' new defense team said at a hearing that their client would have fared better if he had gone to trial instead of pleading guilty.

By MEG KINNARD

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April 10, 2012 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - The federal government has officially objected to claims that South Carolina's new voter identification law is fair to minorities, according to court documents filed Monday.The arguments constitute U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's response to a lawsuit by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.

By Meg Kinnard

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