Most people would feel a bit affronted to be called a ‘crusty crab,’ but for one Columbia attorney the comparison is actually quite the high praise. While financial law may sound like a snooze-fest to the average Joe, an international ...
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Read More »The estate of convicted serial killer Todd Kohlhepp recently went on sale in an effort by the state to pay a $6.3 million fee granted by a judge to one of Kohlhepp’s victims. Part of the impetus for the sale ...
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Read More »Y’all won’t believe this @#$%! In 2017, the City of Myrtle Beach made over $22,000 dollars from fines collected from the prosecution of people who swore in public, according to the Myrtle Beach Sun News. The city’s disorderly conduct statute, ...
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Read More »There’s a scene in the classic 2008 film The Dark Knight where Gotham’s district attorney, Harvey Dent, arrests an entire mob organization in one fell swoop, and then brings the whole gang in for a mass arraignment. He then persuades ...
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Read More »Sidebar has noticed a trend popping up along the east coast—talking of impeaching state Supreme Court justices. In West Virginia, it’s more than just talk. Earlier this month, the state’s House of Delegates impeached the four remaining justices on its ...
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Read More »The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office wouldn’t tell reporters where it spent the $40,000 it received from its stint on “Live PD,” but if one “star” of the show has his way, the agency and TV network will kick out that—and ...
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Read More »A South Carolina woman recently made the argument that she should not be arrested for DUI and possession of marijuana after she drove through a stop sign at 60 miles per hour. She argued she shouldn’t be arrested because she ...
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Read More »Depends on whom you ask, whether a York County grand jury spent one day in June working at the pace of a competitive hot dog eater—only more analytically—or mindlessly fast-stamping indictments like electrical pins through an assembly line. But according ...
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Read More »A Republican U.S. Senator may be quietly throwing a wrench in a plan to confirm nominees to the federal judiciary. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cancelled the Senate’s traditional August recess, keeping the chamber in session in order to confirm ...
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Read More »Aiken County, South Carolina was just one of 11 municipalities recently involved in a lawsuit brought over antiquated computer monitors and cathode ray tube television sets. According to an Aiken Standard article, the lawsuit was brought by Carolina Pines LLC, ...
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