JURIST

MAY 18, 2021

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill Monday allowing those with concealed weapons permits to carry their firearms openly in public. In a statement, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said , “the Open Carry with Training Act does not change the law on who can carry a firearm.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2021

The South Carolina Senate voted 32-11 in favor of expanding permissible ways of executing death row inmates. South Carolina is one of nine states that still has an electric chair and would become just the fifth state to approve of firing squads.

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2024

South Carolina police arrested a sheriff’s deputy on Wednesday for shooting an unarmed suspect and causing his police dog to maul an innocent bystander. Florence County Sheriff TJ Joye requested an investigation from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) into Sellers’s shooting a few days later.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 21, 2021

The executions of the two inmates were scheduled less than a month after the passage of a new law, compelling that the “inmates elect the manner of their execution” if lethal injection drugs aren’t available. . South Carolina is only one of four states to offer the firing squad as a method of death for inmates on death row.

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Above The Law

JUNE 24, 2024

The post South Carolina Lawyer Gets Slap On The Wrist After Swindling Millions From Victims appeared first on Above the Law. Weird way to reward people who served.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

“South Carolina State Trial Judge Confirmed to Fourth Circuit”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report. The post “South Carolina State Trial Judge Confirmed to Fourth Circuit” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 13, 2025

The post South Carolina Lawyer Accused Of Recording Renters At His Rental Unit appeared first on Above the Law. Check your rental before you get too comfortable.

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The Crime Report

MAY 26, 2022

A new law requires police agencies across South Carolina to abide by minimum standards on tactics such as chokeholds and bans, putting an untrained officer on duty alone, Palmetto Politics reports. The law signed May 23 by Gov.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed a sweeping law enforcement reform law that creates new standards for training, conduct and accreditation of its law enforcement, reports The State. At present, just 51 of the 335 agencies in the state are fully accredited.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down two South Carolina laws that punish elementary and secondary school students who act “disorderly,” use “obscene” language…

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 25, 2023

“South Carolina revisits shield law as Supreme Court debates firing squad, electrocution”: Kathryn Casteel of The Greenville News has this report. The post “South Carolina revisits shield law as Supreme Court debates firing squad, electrocution” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The US District Court for the District of South Carolina blocked the state’s mask mandate ban on Tuesday, determining that the mandate discriminates against children with disabilities. Proviso 1.108 , implemented in May of this year, placed a ban on mandating mask-wearing for teachers and school children.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The South Carolina Supreme Court Wednesday blocked the state from committing its first firing squad execution. To counteract this issue the South Carolina legislature passed Bill 200 in 2021, which made the electric chair the default method for execution. South Carolina currently has a death row population of 37.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Utah, South Carolina, and Indiana resumed executions after more than a decade-long pause. The report noted that 144 countries have now abolished the death penalty in law or practice, though global executions increased for the third straight year, driven largely by Iran.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The post South Carolina Governor Plans To Axe Gay Marriage Citing Compelling Legal Doctrine Of ‘Our Traditions’ appeared first on Above the Law. The gloves are well and truly off now, kids.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

Two sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina have been fired for their role in the death of Jamal Sutherland, a Black man on whom they used pepper spray and Tasers after he was taken to jail from a mental health facility in January, reports the New York Times.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 19, 2023

Blue Lies Don't Matter : Stanford Law student proves that police get special treatment when it comes to past-act admissibility. Affirmative Action Ain't The Only Thing Getting Nixed This Year : Equal votes isn't really looking up in South Carolina, and the Supreme Court is to blame. Next phase, the Court's spouses ?

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Heres the Thursday morning read: Ex-Congressman’s Meme Fight Faces Long Odds at Supreme Court (Kyle Jahner, Bloomberg Law News) Supreme Court Fast-Tracks TikTok Case in Face of Jan. 19 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Above The Law

JULY 14, 2022

The post South Carolina Attorney Indicted For Murder Of Wife And Son On Top Of The ‘Embezzlement, Money Laundering, Hitman, Insurance Plot, Oxy’ Stuff appeared first on Above the Law. It just keeps going.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 17, 2023

On Wednesday, the families of two men who died after incidents concerning Spartanburg County law enforcement gathered outside the county detention facility and called for accountability and transparency, Chalmers Rogland reports for the Herald Journal.

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ABA Journal

MAY 26, 2022

A Charleston, South Carolina, lawyer charged last week with entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot has been fired from his…

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2023

” If Idaho Governor Bill Little signs the bill into law, Idaho will join Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah, and South Carolina in offering execution by firing squad as an alternative to electrocution (only in South Carolina) or lethal injection.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Law firms and courthouses are dealing with Hurricane Ian and its aftermath. Several federal courthouses in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia were closed Friday, according…

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Bizarre story keeps piling on weird.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 20, 2023

After going 12 years without a single execution, lawmakers in South Carolina are amping up their search for a legal path to obtain lethal injection drugs to carry out the death penalty, Jeffery Collins reports for WSOC-TV. The law, referred to as the shield law, has advanced to the full committee.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

But the act prevents these so-called citizen suits if the government is already enforcing the law. Ken and Sharon Smith wanted to form a private vineyard, orchard, and wedding barn in Pickens County, South Carolina. They named their venue Arabella Farm. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit reinstated it.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 13, 2023

The recent ruling in South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. To address the housing crisis in South Carolina, the NAACP’s Housing Navigator Program sought to scrape online housing court records, so it could uncover tenants with eviction actions filed against them and further assist them with fighting those eviction actions.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 30, 2022

In custody hearings in South Carolina, there is a guardian ad litem appointed to advocate for the child in the early stages.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 1, 2024

The South Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a state law that gives death row inmates a choice of three execution methods: electrocution, firing squad or…

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Arizona was “not a significant change in law” meriting a second post conviction relief application. South Carolina “did not apply” in Arizona. g) , second post conviction relief requests may be made following significant changes in the law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

As a part of the Legal Marketing Associations (LMAs) partnership with Above the Law, each month were here to share a roundup of insights and intel from Strategies & Voices, the official online publication of LMA, dedicated to the craft of legal marketing. Before joining the firm, she was a marketing consultant and writer for law firms.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider whether Medicaid beneficiaries can sue over South Carolinas decision to defund Planned Parenthood. Although federal law generally…

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Law School Woes : Cleveland-Marshall out of financial compliance with the ABA. What In The World : The attack on a South Carolina attorney has spun into a trip to rehab, a suspended license, and missing funds. Quick, let's see if anyone's willing to pay an emergency tuition surcharge!

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JANUARY 27, 2022

It is important that your lawyer gets involved immediately and gets the police report and the driver’s blood tests to verify their BAC level.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Authorities allege that Google’s collection of location information violated the participating states’ consumer protection laws because “ Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information.”

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