South Carolina jury convicts inmate in first trial involving deadly prison riots
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Smith was imprisoned at the time of the riot after being convicted of attempted murder in the shooting of a University of South Carolina student. That conviction was overturned by the state Supreme Court three years ago. He’s been held since then at a Columbia detention center.
Why was he in jail if his previous charge was overturned?
American "justice" seems seems weird at best.