Supreme Court of South Carolina March 3, 1997, No. 24586 (Bell v. Evatt)

MOORE, Justice:

Appellants (Newspapers) are intervenors in William Bell’s post-conviction relief (PCR) action. They appeal an order refusing them access to a sealed portion of the PCR record. We reverse.

FACTS

William Bell was sentenced to death for the 1988 murder of an Anderson County school principal. His conviction and death sentence were affirmed on appeal to this Court in 1991. State v.