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Criminal defense in South Carolina is not limited to the trial. After the trial has been completed, criminal appeals might be necessary. For people who are concerned about how to lodge an appeal, one key aspect is understanding how many appeals are allowed under the...
A South Carolina man being sought in connection with a night club shooting on Jan. 12 has been apprehended in Beaufort County. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office announced on March 3 that the 19-year-old Helena Island resident was taken into custody by deputies from...
Although every state has slight variations in the language they use, the charges they bring against people and the specific penalties involved, unwanted or non-consensual acts of physical contact, as well as threatening words or behavior, are generally against the...
Some South Carolina residents may have heard about the college admissions scandal in which a number of wealthy parents conspired with an admissions counselor in California to get their children into schools using fraud. The woman who is the heiress to the Hot Pockets...
Thirteen people in South Carolina are facing drug charges after a series of raids that took place over a two-day period in Florence County. The county sheriff's office issued a press release saying that its narcotics division carried out a number of search warrants in...
A South Carolina man has been accused of posing as an adolescent boy in order to engage in an obscene online exchange with a 13-year-old girl from Kentucky. The 39-year-old Cheraw man was taken into custody on May 19 following a brief investigation involving law...
A 53-year-old South Carolina woman was sentenced to spend 25 years in prison on Jan. 16 after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter. The woman originally faced a raft of charges including homicide for poisoning her husband in July 2018. The judge who handed down...
Investing in the stock market is always a risk. The market changes from day to day. If you follow the market each day, you may bite your fingernails if your investment begins to sink or celebrate if your stocks rise. Wouldn't it be great if you could know when a stock...
You may have seen movies where a slick financier uses his skill and charm to embezzle money from an employer or from trusting investors. Hollywood may glorify these acts, but in real life, it is not so glamorous. In fact, if you are facing charges of embezzlement from...
A 25-year-old South Carolina man was accused of kidnapping two women on two separate occasions. The first charge was filed after the man was brought into custody for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend over a two-day period and taking her cellphone so that she...