Died in prison
James Harrison Pennington
James Harrison Pennington, 44, died on June 30, 2023, in a cell at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. The state Department of Corrections said the death is being investigated as a homicide. An autopsy is being carried out by the Richland County coroner, and the State Law Enforcement Division is investigating alongside the agency's inspector general.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Department of Corrections said the death is being investigated as a homicide, and it did not say who was responsible or how the person was killed.
Reported by: Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.