Carmen Jenkins pleads guilty, gets 50 years in dismemberment case

A woman who has been charged with her husband in the dismemberment death of a Greenville woman pleaded guilty in the case today. Carman Jenkins, 24, and her husband, Clarence Jenkins, 28, have been charged with murder in the April 2008 killing of Mekole Harris, 34.

  1. Carman Jenkins pleading guilty now in dismembering death of Mekole Harris in 09. Husband faces death penalty. she made deal to avoid same
  2. Defense says Carman had Stockholm Syndrome similar to Patty Hearst, "completely brainwashed", scared of husband who controlled every move
  3. Carman will testify against husband in his death penalty, passed polygraph test
  4. Clarence Jenkins no longer will face death penalty as well

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Dave Hennigan is the editor of the Digital Desk at The Greenville News and GreenvilleOnline.com

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