Jury convicts Larry White with assault, battery by mob in deadly 2018 Lee CI riot trial

Third Circuit Judge R. Ferrell Cothran sentenced Larry White to three life terms without the possibility of parole for his involvement in South Carolina’s deadliest prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in 2018.

White, 30, was convicted on all three counts of first-degree assault and battery by mob, which is the equivalent to a murder charge and carries the same penalty, and criminal conspiracy. He is one of 40-plus inmates charged in the deadliest prison riot in the nation in 25 years.

This conviction marks the 27th guilty plea/trial, according to Chrysti Shain, director of communications at S.C. Department of Corrections.

According to Item archives, nearly eight hours of fighting at Lee Correctional overnight on April 15, 2018, ended in the deaths of seven inmates: Raymond Angelo Scott, 28; Michael Milledge, 44; Damonte Marquez Rivera, 24; Eddie Casey Jay Gaskins, 32; Joshua Svwin Jenkins, 33; Corey Scott, 38; and Cornelius Quantral McClary, 33. An additional 17 were injured. Coroner reports state the cause of death was exsanguination — severe loss of blood — "due to multiple sharp-force injuries from stab wounds and incise wounds."

White is convicted of killing Raymond Scott, Corey Scott and Joshua Jenkins in the prison’s F5 dorm.

Cothran sentenced White to three life terms for each assault and battery by mob charge and an additional five years for criminal conspiracy.

In 2017, White was convicted of attempted murder and burglary charges and sentenced to 15 years in prison. His projected release date before Thursday’s conviction was March 2031.

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