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| John Michael New strangles child molester. |
Ricky Cooper, of Graniteville, was
serving time, in 2011, for sexually assaulting minors.
He was charged
in June 2007 with eight counts of first-degree criminal sexual
conduct with a minor, two counts of second-degree criminal sexual
conduct with a minor and 10 counts of committing lewd acts on a
minor.
He pleaded guilty in March 2009 to two counts of criminal
sexual conduct with a minor and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
On Nov. 25, 2011, John Michael New
choked Cooper, who was his cellmate, to death. He then mutilated his body, according to a press release last week from Eleventh Circuit
Solicitor Donnie Myers of Lexington.
It's that what is meant when we hear fellow inmates are hard on child abusers?
Myers called the
murder “a particularly gruesome one. The manner of death,
mutilation, and the condition of Cooper’s body were absolutely
horrific.” Myers said.
For killing Cooper, New was condemned to a third life sentence.
New was a S.C. Department of
Corrections inmate at the time he murdered Cooper. He was serving two
life sentences for “Taking Hostage by Inmates.” That
incident occurred at Lee Correctional Institute in Bishopville in
1999.
New had nothing to lose for offing the child molester.
Circuit Judge Howard King sentenced
New. New confessed to SLED agents that he killed Cooper by strangling
him.
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