Facts of the Crime:
Woods was convicted and sentenced to death in Clarendon County in 2005 for raping and strangling schoolteacher JoAnn DuBose. A previous trial had ended in a mistrial. Defense attorneys claimed Woods’ schizophrenic mother left him emotionally scarred. Evidence of Woods being hit by a car as a teenager was also presented. At the time of the conviction, Woods was already serving two life sentences for other crimes.
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