South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a partial ban on asylum does not apply to anyone who appeared at an official U.S. border crossing before the policy was announced in July, a decision that may affect thousands of people. The ...

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Two employees with the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles have been charged with taking bribes to let a man avoid a line to pay automobile fees. News outlets report that warrants show 21-year-old Alyson Leigh McFerrin and 25-year-old Anna ...

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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is seeking comments on a new standing order providing added time for review of a motion to freeze action in an immigration removal or deportation case. The standing order provides for entry of ...

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By Louis Krauss BridgeTower Media Newswires With mountainous stacks of promotional magazines, postcards and pamphlets cluttering their offices, law school leaders are working to cut back on the amount of marketing materials they send to their peers at other U.S. ...

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More than a year after someone in South Carolina won an $878 million lottery jackpot, 1.2 million of the state’s taxpayers are getting their own modest windfall from that lucky day. The South Carolina Revenue Department said Friday it began ...

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A state grand jury has unsealed 11 indictments in the “Prison Empire” prosecution against people accused of providing contraband cell phones to prison inmates who are allegedly using the phones to direct criminal activities beyond the prison walls, the state’s ...

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A Kentucky woman is charged with making a bomb threat at a South Carolina airport. Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport Police arrested Laura Snyder Jones of Anchorage, Kentucky, on Saturday, charging her with a first-offense bomb threat. Airport spokesman Tom Tyra tells ...

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Fifty years isn’t long enough to keep the tears from welling up in Melvin Hamilton’s eyes, eventually spilling onto his face and rolling down his cheeks. He’s usually a cheerful guy. But the peaceful sunroom inside his quiet Lake City ...

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Authorities say a South Carolina man charged with murder intentionally slammed on his brakes after pulling in front of a motorcycle, causing a fatal crash. Prosecutor Willy Thompson said at a bond hearing Tuesday 43-year-old Joseph Rufo told investigators he ...

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South Carolina authorities are looking into the finances of Emanuel AME Church, which received millions in donations after a racist attack left nine worshippers at a Bible study dead in 2015. State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Tommy Crosby confirmed the ...

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