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Mikal Mahdi South Carolina Death Row

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death by the State of South Carolina for the murder of a police officer. According to court documents Mikal Mahdi would shoot and kill Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Capt. James Myers and set the Officer body on fire. Mikal Mahdi would also shoot and kill store clerk Christopher Boggs during an armed robbery. Mikal Mahdi would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Admission Date: 07/23/2004

Location: Broad River

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man who murdered an off-duty Orangeburg officer in 2004 has run out of appeals, according to a federal judge’s order.

Mikal Deen Mahdi, 34, remains on death row.

U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Cain denied Mahdi’s petition for post-conviction relief on Monday. Also, if Mahdi wants to try to get his death sentence reversed, he’ll have to ask the court for permission to appeal.

Mahdi shot and killed Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Capt. James Myers as part of a multi-state crime spree. Mahdi set the officer’s body on fire at Myers’ property in northwestern Calhoun County.

“Mikal Mahdi is probably the most dangerous and violent person I’ve ever prosecuted in 25 years,” 1st Judicial Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe said.

“He’s certainly the most dangerous because of his intelligence. He places no value on human life and his history of violence speaks for itself and look what has happened since his death sentence and what he’s done,” Pascoe added.

Pascoe said Mahdi, “nearly murdered a guard on death row.”

Two months before his crime spree, Mahdi was released from a Virginia prison where he had been serving a sentence for a 1998 assault. Authorities present at his 1998 arrest testified that the then-15-year-old Mahdi pledged, “I’m going to kill a cop before I die.”

The spree began with Mahdi robbing a Winston-Salem, N.C. store of money and beer. He killed the 29-year-old clerk, Christopher Boggs.

The morning of July 18, Mahdi carjacked a Ford Expedition from a driver in Columbia.

He then drove to Calhoun County, where he shot Myers nine times.

Mahdi fled in Myers’ unmarked police truck, which was loaded with guns, ammunition and body armor.

A manhunt for Mahdi spanned much of the Southeast and ended three days later with his arrest in Satellite Beach, Florida, about 20 miles south of Cape Canaveral.

Federal court records state that Mahdi got out of the truck, pointed a high-powered rifle at officers, then dropped the weapon and tried to run. Twenty minutes later, officers captured him.

Mahdi pleaded guilty to Myer’s death in 2006, just before his trial began.

In a 2009 opinion, then-S.C. Chief Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal wrote, “In my time on this court, I have seen few cases where the extraordinary penalty of death was so deserved.”

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Marion Lindsey South Carolina Death Row

Marion Lindsey was sentenced to death by the State of South Carolina for the murder of his wife Ruby Nell Lindsey. According to court documents Marion Lindsey would fatally shoot Ruby Nell Lindsey while she sat in a car at the Inman Police Department parking lot. Marion Lindsey would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Admission Date: 05/05/2004

Location: Broad River

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An Inman man received a death sentence this afternoon for shooting his wife to death in the parking lot of a
local police department.
A jury of nine men and three women deliberated for 31/2 hours before rendering its verdict during the
penalty phase of Marion Alexander Lindsey’s capital murder trial.
Lindsey, 31, shot Ruby Nell Lindsey to death Sept. 18, 2002 while she and two small children hid in the back
seat of a friend’s car in the parking lot of the Inman Police Department. Mrs. Lindsey was on the telephone
with a 911 operator when her husband approached the car she was riding in and fired his handgun four
times.
The jury deliberated for less than 15 minutes Friday afternoon before rendering its verdict on the guilt phase
of the proceeding.
“I hope today’s verdict helps Nell’s family heal from a horrific tragedy,” Solicitor Trey Gowdy said. “Nell did
everything she could do to get away from an abusive relationship and it wasn’t enough. “
Gowdy told the jury that there was no question that Marion Lindsey had malice in his heart on the day of
the murder.
An emotional Gowdy told the jury, “Malice is firing a gun into a car with two children in it.”
During the penalty phase of the trial, prosecutors cited examples where Lindsey beat his wife in front of
others. They also made repeated references that include arrests on multiple counts of domestic violence,
assault and battery with intent to kill and trafficking crack cocaine.
Circuit Judge John Few set a tentative execution date for July 26, 2004.

Timothy Jones South Carolina Death Row

Timothy Jones was sentenced to death by the State of South Carolina for the murders of his five children. According to court documents Timothy Jones would force one of his son to do strenuous exercises for a long period of time after he broke an electrical outlet. Jones would say that he would find the boy dead on his bed so he decided to murder his four other children so his ex wife would not get custody of them. Timothy Jones would be arrested, convicted an sentenced to death

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Admission Date: 09/12/2014

Location: Broad River

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A South Carolina father was found guilty on Tuesday of murdering his five young children, allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

Timothy Jones Jr. showed no reaction as the Lexington County jury delivered five guilty verdicts for murder after considering the case over two days. The same jury will return Thursday to hear arguments from prosecutors and Jones’ lawyers before deciding his fate.

Jones, 37, was a single father and computer engineer who, after killing one of his children, decided to kill the other four rather than allow them to end up with with his ex-wife, prosecutors said. His lawyers are expected to argue that his mental problems were worsened by drug use and his wife’s infidelity.

In confessions and statements to psychiatrists, as reported by The State newspaper, Jones claimed that on the night of Aug. 28, 2014, he had an angry confrontation with 6-year-old Nahtahn after the child broke an electrical outlet in his home. To punish him, Jones forced the boy to do various strenuous exercises for a long time. He claimed that he later found the boy dead in his bed.

Prosecutors said that after the first child’s death, Jones considered what to do for several hours before deciding to strangle the other four children, all between the ages of 1-8 years old. He claimed to have done so to send the children to heaven together.

Jones then wrapped the children’s bodies in plastic and traveled with them around the Southeast, making erratic trips and buying synthetic marijuana, according to prosecutor Rick Hubbard.

He also confessed to researching countries that don’t extradite suspects back to the U.S. and how to disintegrate bodies faster, as well as playing his oldest daughter’s favorite song, in the nine days before he dumped the bodies on a hillside in rural Alabama.

He left his kids out there in bags,” Hubbard said. “They looked like garbage.”

The jury could have determined Jones to be either guilty, guilty but mentally ill, not guilty by reason of insanity or not guilty, according to WYFF in South Carolina.

Jones’ lawyers attempted to make the case that Jones was deeply in the throes of mental illness when he killed his children, saying that his grasp on sanity was damaged by his wife leaving him for a teenager and further broken by alcohol and synthetic marijuana use.

“He’s crazy,” lawyer Boyd Young told jurors. “You can’t rationalize crazy. But at the time, he thought it was the right thing to do.”

But prosecutors said Jones knew that what he was doing was wrong.

“The worst of the worst know killing your babies is obscene, outrageous and absolutely morally unacceptable,” Hubbard said in court. “Jones did that in a matter of seconds.”

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Donald Jones South Carolina Death Row

Donald Jones was sentenced to death by the State of South Carolina for a sexual assault and murder. According to court documents Donald Jones broke into the home of Ned Plyler and his wife, Geraldine Plyler. Geraldine Plyler would be sexually assaulted and Ned Pyler would be murdered. Donald Jones would rob the Plyler home before fleeing. Donald Jones would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Admission Date: 02/08/1985

Location: Broad River

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In October 1983, Donald Allen Jones broke into the residence of Ned and Geraldine Plyler, while they were away. He stole some money from the house. When the Plylers returned, Jones attacked them, killing Mr. Plyler and then raping Mrs. Plyler.

Jones was arrested and tried. He was convicted of murder, armed robbery, criminal sexual conduct, housebreaking, grand larceny, and kidnapping, and was sentenced to death.

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Jerome Jenkins South Carolina Death Row

Jerome Jenkins was sentenced to death by the State of South Carolina for the a murder committed during a store robbery. According to court documents Jerome Jenkins would shoot and kill Bala Paruchuri during the robbery of a Sunhouse store. Jerome Jenkins would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Admission Date: 05/17/2019

Location: Broad River

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An Horry County jury decided Jerome “JJ” Jenkins should face the death penalty for robbing and killing a Sunhouse convenience store clerk in January 2015.

The jury reached its decision Thursday evening after three hours of deliberation. Last week, the jury found Jenkins guilty of murder, armed robbery and attempted murder.

Jenkins, wearing all black, had his hands in front of his face as the verdict was read. He dropped them when the clerk announced the jury decided he should face death. One of the sisters of Jenkins’ victims gave a fist pump when the verdict was delivered.

Jenkins smiled at the jury as they were polled after delivering the death sentence.

The death sentence will take years to carry out as there will likely be several appeals. South Carolina also hasn’t performed an execution since 2011 as it does not have the necessary chemicals to carry out a lethal injection.

Jenkins, McKinley Daniels and James Daniels were all convicted for their role in a robbery spree that resulted in two murders and left the community on edge. In early January 2015, Balla Paruchuri was shot and killed at a Sunhouse store.

Weeks later the trio committed two more robberies, including at another Sunhouse store where Trish Stull was shot and killed.

Last year, a jury convicted James Daniels of murder and two counts of armed robbery, and he was sentenced to life in prison. McKinley Daniels pleaded guilty earlier this year to murder and armed robbery and will spend at least 45 years behind bars.

The two phases of Jenkins’ trial lasted two weeks. The jury of six women and six men reached its decision unanimously. One of the jurors was black, and the rest was white. It took four days of questioning hundreds of jurors to find the panel.

The last four days of the trial were spent presenting evidence on whether Jenkins should face the death penalty.

“That is the only resolution that speaks truth. That is the only one,” Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said during his closing as he called for Jenkins’ execution.

Richardson reminded the jury about how both Jenkins and McKinley Daniels were armed during the Paruchuri robbery. In the other robberies, only Jenkins had a gun.

In both killings the robbery team was a few feet from leaving the store when the shooting started, Richardson said.

“In Balla Paruchuri’s murder and Trish Stull’s murder, they done had the money, they done had the money,” Richardson said, slamming his hand on the edge of the jury box, “and they killed ‘em anyways.”

While Jenkins was only convicted of the Paruchuri murder, the state discussed Stull’s killing at length during the sentencing phase.

Richardson referenced the defense’s opening statements when they asked for a fair trial and justice.

“It sounds like to me he has earned justice,” Richardson said.

Defense attorney Ralph Wilson Sr. said Jenkins caused pain for the victims and their families.

“Mr. Paruchuri did not deserve to die. Mrs. Stull did not deserve to die,” Wilson said.

No matter what the jury decided, Wilson said, Jenkins would never walk free again. No more McDonald’s; no more movies; no more freedom, Wilson said.

Jenkins grew up in a difficult situation, living in a neighborhood where people are afraid to drive through, Wilson said. His father was incarcerated and Jenkins was removed from the classroom for behavioral problems several times, Wilson said.

But, Wilson also recounted what several educators told the jury that Jenkins had a good heart.

“Deep inside there is good. There is a decency. There is a person worth saving,” Wilson said.

Mercy isn’t earned, Wilson said, it is something only the jury could give. He implored them to spare his client.

“I ask of you and I plead with you to give JJ the chance that he has never had,” Wilson said. “I know he has done wrong. He knows he has done wrong. So we ask you, and we plead with you, for mercy in this case.”

After the death sentence was delivered, Stull’s sister Samantha Stull spoke to the court. She was clearly emotional and angry and had to be told not to speak to Jenkins, but to the judge.

“I have no remorse or sympathy for JJ,” Samantha Stull said.

She called a punishment less than death a “disgrace.” Stull said she didn’t wish death on anyone — except the trio now convicted of the spree.

Jenkins only spoke to the court so he could turn to his family and say “I love you all.”

Wilson said “obviously we’re disappointed” with the verdict and that Jenkins would start the appeal process.

Stull’s mother Sherry Stull said the verdict closed a chapter and the family.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Sherry Stull said. She added Trish’s children will know someone is being punished for her killing. “At least they know someone will be paying a price for taking her life.”