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Direct and cross-examination and closing arguments were among the topics taught at the recent Richard Scott Joye Trial College held at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at the University of South Carolina. (Joseph F. Rice School of Law | Kayla Jeffers)
Jul 30, 2024

Program enhances trial lawyers’ skills

Trial lawyers honed their courtroom skills at the inaugural Richard Scott Joye Trial College, a four-day boot camp-style program held at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at the University of South Carolina.

Drug-sniffing dogs sent in to check the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia found nothing after two inmates died in unrelated drug overdoses, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said. (Associated Press file)
Jul 29, 2024

Probe continues into inmates’ overdose deaths

COLUMBIA — Two inmates died from drug overdoses in two days at a South Carolina jail, which has been under a federal civil rights investigation, authorities said. The inmates at […]

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said that the voices of murderer Quincy Allen's victims went unheard when the 5th Circuit Solicitor’s Office opted to have him resentenced to life in prison. (Depositphotos.com)
Jul 26, 2024

Killer’s resentencing leaves sheriff unhappy

The 5th Circuit Solicitor’s Office’s decision not to again seek the death penalty for a death row inmate resentenced to life in prison has left Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott […]

The electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, sit in South Carolina’s death chamber at Columbia. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Jul 25, 2024

Court resentences death row inmate to life in prison

COLUMBIA — A man who spent nearly two decades on South Carolina‘s death row for killing two people has been granted life in prison without parole two years after a […]

Dick Harpootlian, a state senator and leading attorney, is again challenging the liquor license held by a Five Points bar. (Depositphotos.com)
Jul 16, 2024

Harpootlian leads challenges of liquor licenses

A state senator and leading attorney is again leading a challenge to the liquor license held by a Five Points bar, The State newspaper of Columbia reported. The bar, Group […]

Online real estate marketplace Zillow has sued Richland County over access to property-related public records, The State newspaper reported. (Depositphotos.com)
Jul 5, 2024

Zillow sues Richland County over records access

Zillow, an online national real estate marketplace, has sued Richland County over access to public records, The State newspaper of Columbia reported. Zillow’s complaint alleges that the county violated public […]

State Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, right, talks to Sen. Michael Johnson, R-Tega Cay, Wednesday in the Senate chamber in Columbia the day after she lost her runoff election. GOP state Sens. Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson also lost their runoffs, leaving the party with no women in the General Assembly’s upper chamber for its next session. (Associated Press)
Jul 2, 2024

Voters oust last GOP female state senators

COLUMBIA — The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. In […]

May 9, 2024

USC pays $280K to settle harassment cases

COLUMBIA — Settling two sexual harassment lawsuits filed by co-workers of a former art professor has cost the University of South Carolina $280,000. David Voros, who was an art professor […]

A South Carolina Department of Corrections officer was the victim of an attempted stabbing when he moved to seize a contraband cellphone in 2021 at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville.
Apr 22, 2024

Inmate faces charges in attack on guard

COLUMBIA — State officers have charged a Lieber Correctional Institution inmate with attempted murder and four other counts in a 2021 attack on a corrections officer. Dameion Rivers, 35, also […]

Apr 16, 2024

Police charge former teacher after children given marijuana

Columbia police have charged a former teacher at a charter school with three counts after drugs and alcohol were given to children. Najla S. Clayton, 36, was charged with one […]

Anthony DeLustro, 64, an off-duty officer, told investigators he was trying to stop Michael O'Neal, 39, from leaving after they had fought, according to a sworn statement from the State Law Enforcement Division. (Depositphotos.com)
Apr 11, 2024

Off-duty officer charged with murder in shooting

An off-duty police officer in South Carolina was charged with murder Wednesday after state investigators said he shot a man trying to drive away after the two fought in a fast food restaurant parking lot.

Watson Theater at Coker University will host arguments before the South Carolina Supreme Court on May 1-2. (Coker University photo)
Apr 4, 2024

High court to hear arguments at Coker University

As with its Columbia sessions, the South Carolina Supreme Court’s arguments will be open to public as well as Coker University students and alumni and the legal community.


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