SC Man Who Was on Death Row for Decades Filed Federal Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Against Prosecutors A man who spent decades on death row in South Carolina for a murder he did not commit has filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit against the prosecutors in the 1982 case that landed him in jail. Edward Lee Elmore was originally sentenced to death in the murder case of 75-year-old widow Dorothy Edwards, for whom he had done odd jobs. The body of Dorothy Edwards was found in a closet in her home, with multiple stab wounds, broken … [Read more...]