A York County judge sentenced two Rock Hill sisters to probation without any prison time after their 99-year-old mother died from severe neglect, resulting in bedsores and malnutrition.
Judge Dan Hall said Martha Carroll Rutledge, 74, and Nancy Cameron Rutledge, 69, should not go to prison for neglect of a vulnerable adult, despite prosecutors and police saying Martha Rutledge, their mother, died in a “horrific” state in the summer of 2023.
Rock Hill police originally charged both with neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death, which carries up to 30 years prison for a conviction. The sisters pleaded guilty Tuesday in York County criminal court at the Moss Justice Center to simple neglect of a vulnerable adult, which carries up to five years prison…