Earlier this week, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill banning abortions after 19 weeks, with the sole exception of pregnancies in which a woman’s life is physically at risk. The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed through the state’s Republican controlled legislature only after the ban was …
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Justin Craven, a former South Carolina police officer who killed an unarmed black motorist in 2014 was sentenced to only three years of probation and 80 hours of community service on Monday. Craven accepted a plea agreement that dropped a felony charge for his use of lethal force. In February …
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South Carolina has followed Mississippi, whose governor signed a similar bill on Tuesday, in an attempt to become the latest state to force transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to the gender on their birth certificates. S. 1203, South Carolina's transgender bathroom bill, goes before a cmte, chaired by a …
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Sean Groubert, 31, a former South Carolina state trooper pleaded guilty Monday to felony assault and battery for the 2014 shooting of a driver during a traffic stop. Levar Jones was also in the courtroom as Groubert made his plea. Jones was the unarmed black man Groubert pulled over for …
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On July 22, a day after she was arrested for failing to pay court fines, Joyce Curnell was found at a Charleston County jail because “she was deprived of water,” a new suit filed by her family alleges. Ms Curnell, 50, of Edisto Island, South Carolina, was being treated for …
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Ex-South Carolina cop Michael Slager has been in jail since his arrest in April for the murder of Walter Scott. Cell phone video evidence received national attention for depicting a white cop murdering a black American. Expect major delays in his trial, since the same prosecutor will first be in …
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