Cameras show inmate escaped more than 14 hours before discovered missing
Deputies now say an inmate escaped more than 14 hours before they noticed he was missing. John Nigh was caught Tuesday ...
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on Friday, part of what he ...
Race was ‘a significant factor’ in Johnston County death penalty case, NC judge rules
In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...
New Castle News15d
County jail to continue housing juveniles
The jail has been housing juvenile inmates since 2023, and for a long time it had only two. That number recently increased with an influx of six more youths from Westmoreland County and two from ...
Houston Chronicle15d
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won't ask for clemency
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not ... The attorney “came to the jail and said, ‘son, you need to plead ...
Washington Times16d
U.S. Supreme Court rejects likely final appeal of South Carolina inmate a day before his execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Thursday what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before ... The attorney “came to the jail and said, ‘son, you ...
Austin American-Statesman16d
Manhunt underway for 'dangerous' NC inmate who escaped jail through ventilation system
Law enforcement officials in North Carolina are searching for an inmate who escaped through a ventilation system at a local jail last weekend. According to the Craven County Sheriff's Office ...
GMA16d
Manhunt for North Carolina inmate who escaped from jail through ventilation system: Sheriff's office
A manhunt is underway for a North Carolina inmate who escaped through the jail's ventilation system, authorities said. John Matthew Nigh, 37, was being held on attempted murder charges at the Craven ...