Defense attorney Jim Griffin talks with his client Alex Murdaugh during Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, Feb. 1, 2023.Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool Who is Alex Murdaugh? Alex Murdaugh is a former law partn...
Holmes claimed that the state's forensic evidence was planted and mishandled, and that the rape and murder were committed by another man, Jimmy McCaw White. At a pretrial hearing three witnesses testified that they saw White near the victim's house at about the time of the crime, and ...
Murder Charges Filed in Case of Missing South Carolina Woman Heather Elvis What happened to Heather Elvis? Police and prosecutors won't tip their hand about what they know regarding the disappearance of the 20-year-old South Carolina woman, whose car was found Dec. 19 at a boat landing near...
Alex Murdaugh’s comments to police about his whereabouts around the time his wife and son were fatally shot may not have been accurate, according to video evidence presented by prosecutors Friday at the South Carolina attorney’s murder trial. In cross … ...
South Carolina, 476 U.S. 1 (1986) Skipper v. South Carolina No. 84-6859 Argued February 24, 1986 Decided April 29, 1986 476 U.S. 1 Syllabus Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and rape after a jury trial in a South Carolina court. The State sought the death penalty, and a...
South Carolina Kidnapping Criminal Defense Lawyers According to SC Code § 16-3-910, kidnapping is unlawfully seizing, confining, inveigling, setting a decoy, abducting, or carrying away any other person by any means whatsoever without the authority of l
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Supporters who want to make South Carolina the next-to-last U.S. state to pass a hate crimes law increasing penalties for some crimes fueled by race, gender or sexual orientation are running out of time to get what could be a decis
South Carolina Officer Charged with Murder after Video of Encounter SurfacesCHARLESTON, S.C. * A police officer in North Charleston, S.C.,has been charged with murder after...services, From news
A South Carolina man has been arrested after reportedly confessing to the murders of his five children, authorities say. The Associated Press reports that Timothy Ray Jones, Jr. of Lexington County, S.C. was stopped at a police checkpoint close to Raleigh, Miss. on Saturday. After deducing ...
In South Carolina, the penalty for involuntary manslaughter is up to five years' incarceration and a fine up to $25,000. The penalty for voluntary manslaughter is between two and 30 years' incarceration. South Carolina recognizes four degrees of assault