In the summer of 1977, a routine day at the Lancaster County Prison Camp in South Carolina turned tragic, forever altering the lives of a dedicated guard and his family. On July 5th, 50-year-old Guard J.T. McAteer was on duty when he permitted two inmates to use the telephone in the guard shack, a small act of decency that would have unforeseen and fatal consequences.
One of the inmates, a 25-year-old man serving a minor sentence for public drunkenness, seized the opportunity to overpower ...
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