LANCASTER (AP) The abuse death of 5-year-old Soren Chilson that ended in court recently with her mother and a Purple Heart veteran going to prison is over, but the fight to protect other South Carolina children from abusers appears ready ...

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LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — The abuse death of 5-year-old Soren Chilson that ended in court recently with her mother and a Purple Heart veteran going to prison is over, but the fight to protect other South Carolina children from abusers ...

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State v. Anderson (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-094-15, 11 pp.) (Costa Pleicones, J.) (Jean Hoefer Toal, C.J., joined by John Kittredge, J., concurring) Appealed from Richland County Circuit Court (DeAndrea Benjamin, J.) S.C. S. Ct. Holding: After conducting a hearing only ...

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State v. Palmer (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-088-15, 12 pp.) (Costa Pleicones, J.) Appealed from Horry County Circuit Court (Larry Hyman Jr., J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: Although the state’s evidence could ...

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State v. Davis (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-051-15, 4 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Greenville County Circuit Court (Edward Miller, J.) S.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The state presented evidence that the minor victim was under defendant’s exclusive care, custody and control ...

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State v. Lewis (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-042-15, 2 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Laurens County Circuit Court (Frank R. Addy Jr., J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: We dismiss as improvidently granted ...

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State v. Rivers (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-019-15, 5 pp.) (James Lockemy, J.) Appealed from Chesterfield County Circuit Court (Paul Burch, J.) S.C. App. Holding: In disposing of defendant’s motion in limine, the trial court did not definitively rule on the ...

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The federal government's failure to enforce the nation's child protection laws is a "national disgrace" that leaves abused children vulnerable to future harm, according to a three-year study by two child advocacy groups.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Carolina mother was insane when she drove her three children into the ocean and therefore not guilty of child abuse, a Florida judge determined Friday. Prosecutors, in turn, dropped three attempted murder counts ...

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State v. Phillips (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-123-14, 10 pp.) (John Few, Ch. J.) Appealed from Pickens County Circuit Court (D. Garrison Hill, J.) S.C. App. Holding: While the 22-month-old victim – defendant’s grandson – was in the emergency room, a ...

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