COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man condemned for decades to South Carolina's death row says prosecutors wrongfully pursued a case against him in a widow's 1982 stabbing death, according to a federal lawsuit.

In a complaint filed last month, Edward Lee Elmore, 54, accuses authorities of planting evidence that implicated him in Dorothy Edwards' murder. He also says police and prosecutors conspired to convict him of the crime and ignored evidence that pointed to another person.