Depends on whom you ask, whether a York County grand jury spent one day in June working at the pace of a competitive hot dog eater—only more analytically—or mindlessly fast-stamping indictments like electrical pins through an assembly line. But according ...
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Read More »YORK (AP) Defense lawyers are challenging indictments issued by a grand jury that approved 904 cases in a single day. The Herald newspaper in South Carolina reports that 27 defense attorneys joined the motion Aug. 3 to quash the indictments issued after ...
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Read More »ROCK HILL (AP) James Wells, a prominent Rock Hill attorney and member of a South Carolina civil rights protest group known as the Friendship Nine, has died. Monique Ramseur with the Robinson Funeral Home confirmed that Wells died at his home ...
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Read More »ROCK HILL (AP) — Four people, including a local county official, were found shot to death at a suburban home Sunday night, and police were not looking for a suspect, authorities said. Officers were called to the Rock Hill home ...
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Read More »A prosecutor in York County plans a hearing early next year to clear the trespassing convictions of 10 people who tried to desegregate a lunch counter in 1961.
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Read More »COLUMBIA (AP) — A former jail officer has filed a federal lawsuit against York County officials over an alleged cover-up of an inmate’s death, saying his free speech rights were violated after he voiced concerns about the situation. The lawsuit, ...
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Read More »YORK (AP) — The South Carolina deputy who shot a 70-year-old North Carolina man after mistaking his cane for a shotgun during an after-dark traffic stop will not be charged. Prosecutors told media outlets Thursday that the February shooting was ...
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YORK (AP) — A review of a police chase last month in York determined the police chief and three officers violated a number of policies during the pursuit which reached speeds of 137 mph. The State Law Enforcement Division is ...
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Read More »FORT MILL (AP) — A company that provides engineering and technical services for power and communications utilities is locating its corporate headquarters in York County, bringing 130 jobs to South Carolina. UC Synergetic announced on Thursday that it will invest ...
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South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
