South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — An inmate suing the South Carolina prison system says he was stabbed inside his cell and couldn’t find an officer to help him. News outlets report 34-year-old Devodus Rouse filed the lawsuit this month, claiming irresponsibility ...

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WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina man spiked his live-in girlfriend’s soda with methamphetamine and muscle relaxers, leading her to black out and wake days later severely beaten and bruised. The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office tells news ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man from Georgia came to South Carolina to have sex with a 13-year-old girl and threw her out of his vehicle while speeding away from police. Richland County deputies said an officer saw ...

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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who federal agents said exploded two bombs outside a South Carolina courthouse had his lawsuit about poor jail conditions in the same county thrown out just days earlier. The ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — Prosecutors say a former South Carolina transportation commissioner told a government witness who had made payments to him to destroy emails before the FBI could find them, according to a sentencing memo filed July 15 in federal court. ...

EDGEFIELD (AP) — Leroy Nolan has spent the last 26 years behind bars at a federal prison for a drug conviction. In the prison factory, he works making T-shirts, backpacks and other products that are later sold to government agencies, ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — A patient at a state mental hospital in South Carolina died earlier this year after being at the bottom of a dogpile of several employees — something specifically prohibited in their training. Three of the 13 employees ...

CHARLESTON (AP) — A former police chief in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $80,000 seized during a traffic stop. Former Manning Police Chief Gary Shaffer will be sentenced at a later date after pleading guilty July 11 to ...

A lawsuit filed by the S.C. Coastal Conservation League and three Charleston County residents challenges the Interstate 526 Intergovernmental Agreement, arguing that Charleston County’s intended funding source for the project is illegal. The agreement revived the I-526 extension project, which ...

CHARLESTON (AP) — A second police officer in South Carolina has resigned after authorities determined he was writing bogus traffic tickets to drivers without their knowledge. A statement from the Charleston Police Department says officer Blaine Morgan resigned July 10. ...