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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows William Scruggs in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. Scruggs was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)

This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows William Scruggs in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. Scruggs was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)

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