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U.S. Supreme Court won’t revive death sentence for South Carolina inmate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea from South Carolina to reimpose the death penalty on a South Carolina inmate whose death sentence stood for two decades until a federal appeals court threw it out in August. Chief Justice John Roberts did not comment in denying the state’s request to stop […]
South Carolina court weighs pausing new death penalty law
COLUMBIA (AP) — A South Carolina judge should block the executions of two men scheduled to die later this month so the court can evaluate a new law that effectively forces death row prisoners to choose to die by either electric chair or firing squad, prisoners’ attorneys argued Monday. Attorneys for Brad Sigmon and Freddie […]
South Carolina Senate adds firing squad to execution methods
COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina senators Tuesday added a firing squad to the electric chair as alternatives if the state can’t execute condemned inmates by way of lethal injection. The Senate then approved the bill on a key 32-11 vote with several Democrats joining Republicans in the proposal which would allow South Carolina to restart […]
South Carolina push to resume executions with electric chair
COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina is dusting off its electric chair and trying to restart executions in the state after going nearly 10 years without putting an inmate to death. A House Committee voted 14-7 on Tuesday to make electrocution the default for an execution. The bill now goes to the House floor while a […]
Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be allowed to have a spiritual adviser by their side as they are executed. The high court around midnight Thursday declined to let Alabama proceed with the lethal injection of Willie […]
Defendant’s mental state delays SC death penalty trial
A death penalty trial for a man charged with killing two South Carolina bank employees during a robbery is on hold. A federal judge Friday delayed Brandon Council’s trial at least through the weekend after defense attorneys asked for an evaluation to determine if he is mentally competent. The attorneys said in court papers Council […]
Legislators look to end freeze on executions
After a span of more than five years in which not a single death sentence was handed down in South Carolina, in the space of less than a month earlier this year two juries handed down death sentences in unrelated cases. But as it stands, the state is not capable of carrying out a […]
Death penalty case hinges on jury questions
Attorneys for a man convicted of murdering his estranged wife say they plan to ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider a recent decision that reinstated the death sentence against their client. The South Carolina Supreme Court’s Nov. 23 decision in Winkler v. State overturned a lower court ruling to grant Louis Winkler post-conviction relief […]
Criminal Practice – Plea to Avoid Death Penalty Will Stand
Dingle v. Stevenson (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-148-16, 11 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 15-6832, Oct. 25, 2016; USDC at Florence, S.C. (Hendricks, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant who pleaded guilty to murder and related crimes as a 17-year-old in 1995 in order to avoid the death penalty in South Carolina is not entitled to post-conviction […]
Death penalty sought in 2 Horry County slayings
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against two men charged in the slayings of two Horry County convenience store clerks in separate robberies last year. Local media outlets report that prosecutor Jimmy Richardson said Tuesday he’ll seek the death penalty against 34-year-old McKinley Lee Daniels and 21-year-old Jerome Jenkins […]
Texas prosecutor who sent innocent man to death row is disbarred
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former prosecutor who used false testimony and withheld evidence to send a now-exonerated man to Texas’ death row has lost an appeal to overturn his disbarment. The Dallas Morning News reports that the Board of Disciplinary Appeals on Monday upheld the decision of the State Bar of Texas to disbar […]
Lawyers seek execution delay for woman on Georgia death row
ATLANTA (AP) — One day before she’s set to be executed, lawyers for the only woman on Georgia’s death row will appear in court to argue that her life should be spared. The hearing is set for Monday morning in a federal courtroom in Atlanta. Attorneys for 47-year-old Kelly Renee Gissendaner want Tuesday night’s planned execution halted over concerns about lethal injec[...]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
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