A federal lawsuit filed on Thursday claims South Carolina’s “disturbing schools” law sweeps into the court system “a broad swath of adolescent behavior,” violating students’ rights to due process.
A South Carolina ethics opinion on fee-sharing highlights a potential obstacle for Avvo’s fixed-fee legal referral service, launched this year in 18 states.
Lawyers for the man accused of fatally shooting nine people at a Charleston, South Carolina, church are arguing that the death penalty is unconstitutional.
State prosecutor Scarlett Wilson criticized the federal court system during a hearing Monday, saying it is circumventing South Carolina’s trial of Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white man accused of fatally…
A prominent South Carolina attorney emotionally took a plea Monday in a Charleston federal wildlife case over hawks trapped and killed on his 1,790-acre property.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Tuesday that the United States will seek the death penalty in its hate-crimes case against Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white man accused of gunning…
A homeowner who admitted that he shot two men, burned their bodies and buried them in the backyard was granted bail on Monday after his lawyer cited South Carolina’s stand-your-ground…
Police in Aiken, South Carolina, pulled over a car because of its temporary license tags and then handcuffed the passenger, called for a drug-sniffing dog, and performed a roadside body…
Charleston School of Law in South Carolina has launched a new admissions program that allows students to begin classes in the spring and graduate in 2½ years.
Already serving a five-year South Carolina state prison sentence for threatening the life of a prosecutor, Kashif Quanta Washington asked for, and got, additional federal time for threatening the life…
Updated: The sheriff of Richland County, South Carolina, has requested an FBI and U.S. Justice Department investigation after one of his deputies was captured on videos flipping an African-American student…
Appearing before a judge, even for something as minor as a neighborly squabble, can be a stressful event. But what if, instead of handing down fines and jail sentences, courts…
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Rangeley Bailey. Photography by Randy Piland.
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South Carolina’s attorney general recently entered a settlement for $80,000 in legal fees for a couple who challenged the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, which follows a federal judge’s order…
More than 20 years after retiring from the Florida bench, Judge Robert Beach still spends up to 10 days a month in court as a senior jurist and swims a…