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Split verdict in Lugoff murder trial

Stapleton acquitted; Watson sentenced to 45 years
By Martin L. Cahn mcahn@chronicle-independent.com 803-432-6157 ext. 115
Posted: November 19, 2010 8:06 p.m.
Updated: November 22, 2010 5:00 a.m.
Thursday morning, defense attorney John Delgado asked a Kershaw County jury why his client, 25-year-old Joshua Stapleton of Lancaster, would admit to being in Derick Lee’s Cricket Hill Drive mobile home on Aug. 9, 2010, when the third-degree black belt was killed.

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