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Jason Ryan is a nonfiction author and journalist in Charleston, South Carolina. His books include the marijuana smuggling tale Jackpot: High Times, High Seas and the Sting that Launched the War on Drugs
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Murdaugh Borrows Clothes from Lawyer’s Son for Murder Plea
BACK IN COURTProsecutors say the one-time legal insider carried out a brutal double murder of his wife and son—and called 911 to report it.
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Alex Murdaugh Did Her a Favor. She Thinks He’s a Murderer.
FULL CIRCLEThe disgraced former lawyer is accused of murdering his wife and son. One aghast local remembers when he was still a useful friend.
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Murdaugh Hits New Low With Charges He Murdered Wife and Son
IT NEVER ENDSThe once-untouchable scion of the South Carolina elite already had a bizarre array of legal problems. They just got a lot more disturbing.
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Victims to Dylann Roof: ‘Rot in Hell’
CHARLESTON STRONGThe Charleston church shooter was called ‘coward’ and ‘spawn of Satan’ by survivors and family members of the dead during his formal sentencing.
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Dylann Roof Sentenced to Death
JUSTICEThe racist killer asked for his life to be spared but said he had no regrets about murdering nine black worshipers in Bible study.
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Even Dylann Roof’s Shoes Are Racist
DARK SOLEThe Emanuel A.M.E. Church killer put white supremacist symbols on footwear throughout the trials to determine whether he lives or dies, the FBI said.
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Dylann Roof Didn’t Want to Hear This
LISTEN UPChildren, sisters, and friends of the people he murdered told a jury of their loved ones’ lives. The killer called it ‘excessive.’
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What the Pastor’s Widow Heard
Charleston TrialJennifer Pinckney told a jury Wednesday how she and her 6-year-old daugher hid as Dylann Roof killed nine people, including her husband—while telling his victims he wasn’t crazy.
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Roof: No Tears for ‘Innocent’ Victims
MONSTERThe convicted killer told a jury deciding whether he should get the death penalty that he’s not crazy—and he didn’t apologize for what he did.
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Dylann Roof Convicted in Racist Massacre
JUSTICEA jury took two hours to find him guilty of one of the most notorious crimes in modern American history. Now he faces life in prison or execution.
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