Man charged federally for torturing, killing victim in 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man accused of torturing his victim with a hot screwdriver before killing him in 2008 faces federal charges, a year after the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out his state conviction.
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 38-year-old Antonio Miller of Columbia on charges of kidnapping resulting in death, drug conspiracy resulting in death and using a gun in a drug trafficking crime causing death, said U.S. Attorney Beth Drake.
Each charge is punishable with a life sentence without parole. Prosecutors said at Miller's arraignment Thursday they will not pursue the death penalty.
His public defender did not immediately return a message seeking comment.