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South Carolina inmates want executions paused while new lethal injection method is studied
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for six death row inmates out of appeals in South Carolina are asking the state Supreme Court to give full consideration to the state's new lethal injection rules as well as the electric chair and firing squad before restarting executions after an unintended 12-year...
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
Times and Democrat. September 23, 2023. Editorial: Good reasons to keep eyes on the tropics The peak of hurricane season is at hand. In a typical Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, August through mid-September is the busiest time for tropical storms and...
Parole has been denied again for a woman serving 15 years in prison for fatally stabbing her abuser
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman who killed her abuser with a kitchen knife six years ago will continue serving her 15-year prison term after the state parole board denied her early release Wednesday. Tiffany Jenae Carroll, 36, failed to get the two-thirds vote...
Nikki Haley's approach to abortion is rooted in her earliest days in South Carolina politics
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As a state representative running a longshot campaign for South Carolina governor, Nikki Haley would often explain her opposition to abortion with a story about her family. “I’m strongly pro-life, very pro-life, and not because my party tells me to be, but...
After unintended 12-year pause, South Carolina secures drug to resume lethal injections
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years, officials announced Tuesday. South Carolina used to be one of most prolific states in the nation when it came to...
South Carolina women senators who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage award
BOSTON (AP) — Five women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. A special International Profile in Courage Award...
Editorial Roundup: Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer. September 13, 2023. Editorial: Disputed public comments urging fracking under Ohio parks should lead to probes, reforms - and prosecution, if merited The First Amendment rightly covers all sorts of speech -- including, in today’s world, the...
Planned Parenthood sues to expand South Carolina abortion access under strict new ban
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Abortion providers urged South Carolina’s highest court on Thursday to lengthen the narrow window when a pregnancy can be legally terminated under the state’s strict new ban. The conservative state's all-male Supreme Court last month upheld a so-called...
Vaccine skeptics dominate South Carolina pandemic preparation meeting as COVID-19 cases rise
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A meeting Tuesday of South Carolina lawmakers considering how to best counter future pandemics was dominated by vaccine skeptics pushing concerns about COVID-19 immunizations that are unaccepted by the greater medical community. Members of the all-Republican...
A man is back in prison despite a deal reducing his sentence. He's fighting to restore the agreement
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for a man sent back to prison in South Carolina after a deal reducing his sentence was canceled said he plans to ask for the agreement to be restored. Attorney Todd Rutherford said Wednesday that he and his client Jeroid Price did nothing wrong to...
