State v. Palmer (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-019-16, 16 pp.) (Paul Short Jr., J.) Appealed from Williamsburg County Circuit Court (W. Jeffrey Young, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Defendant gave race-neutral reasons for peremptorily striking white jurors: their jobs – either with ...

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LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a restaurant owner whose bribes to keep his workers in the county illegally from being deported brought down the Lexington County sheriff in 2014 has been charged with murder. Lexington Police said in a ...

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U.S. v. Moore (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-018-16, 17 pp.) (Harris, J.) No. 14-4645, Jan. 20, 2016; USDC at Charleston, S.C. (Gergel, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A former bank executive and his administrative assistant/girlfriend lose their challenge to their convictions in ...

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NEW DELHI (AP) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital accepted murder charges Monday against 41 people including the owner of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed in 2013 and highlighted grim conditions in the country’s garment industry. More than 1,100 people, ...

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CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — An attorney for a woman charged with voluntary manslaughter in the 2013 death of her husband has filed a motion asking for a judge to reconsider the charge and her jail sentence. Media outlets report a ...

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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A Wolfton man has been sentenced to 31 years in prison for the murder of a 40-year-old mother of two. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported Tuesday that Circuit Court Judge Ed Dickson sentenced 40-year-old ...

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VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A California man who was exonerated of murder after serving 34 years of a life sentence has filed a federal lawsuit against Ventura County, the district attorney’s office and the sheriff’s office. Michael Hanline was 69 ...

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CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A 33-year-old Horry County woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting her husband in 2013. Multiple media outlets report that a jury found Heather Sims guilty Friday of voluntary manslaughter in the ...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court is tossing the murder convictions and death sentences of a Tampa Bay area man accused of killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend. The court in a 4-3 ruling concluded there were ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the death of an unarmed black motorist is suing a police association, saying the group failed to provide the legal representation he paid for under an insurance ...

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