ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family were found shot and killed on their family’s land, and authorities said they have made no arrests in the double homicide case. Deputies in Colleton ...

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A father who allegedly shot an innocent bystander while attempting to protect his daughter from a group of girls that followed her home was responding to an attack and therefore immune from prosecution under the state’s stand-your-ground law, according to ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for a white former police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a traffic stop are expected to argue Thursday that he should be released from jail before his murder trial because he ...

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For anyone wishing to preserve an optimistic view of humanity, it is generally not advisable to read the comments posted below online news articles. But one South Carolina man convicted of murder believes that one such comment might hold the ...

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A 35-year-old Newberry woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the shooting death of her longtime boyfriend.

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Bentley v. Spartanburg County Although shooting a suspect is rare for a deputy sheriff, it is not an “unusual or extraordinary condition” as required by S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-160. Therefore, the plaintiff-deputy cannot recover for the depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that he suffers as a result of fatally shooting a suspect who threatened him.

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