A committee of attorneys and court officials has been working for two years to convince lawyers and judges in South Carolina to join 45 other states in using attorney-conducted voir dire in civil cases as a way of establishing ...

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Answers that prospective jurors offer while being questioned during the voir dire process can reveal potential biases or hang-ups that might make them unfit to serve on a jury. But trial judges should never use those answers to gauge the ...

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  The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed an expert in child sex abuse dynamics to testify about both delayed disclosure from sex abuse victims and the behavior of non-offending caregivers. We modify and affirm the ...

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