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Voices calling for change in how South Carolina judges are selected are getting more backing after an attorney who is a state lawmaker secured the early prison release of Jeroid Price, convicted of murder in 2003.

Suspended Beaufort County lawyer Cory Fleming will go on trial Sept. 11 for financial crimes he allegedly carried out with convicted killer and former lawyer Alex Murdaugh.

A scheme by two Target Distribution Center employees in Lugoff consisted of putting mailing labels on outgoing televisions and shipping them to one of the employee’s houses.

A bipartisan group of S.C. prosecutors and sheriffs on Monday called for a law that would let the governor play a major role in selecting state judges, a move they say would boost public confidence in the judiciary.

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John W. Jenrette Jr., the former South Carolina congressman whose ascension in politics was brought low by scandal, died Friday. He was 86 years old.

Called solicitors. >> being a solicitors its one of the most powerful positions in our legal system. >> mandy, john monk, and liz fer ferrell are all local journalists. >> you have to be careful who you hire sometimes because of who they might be associated with. >> over a century ago alexs great grandfather also a solicitor started a law firm or pmped for short. >> the firm is a plaintiffs law firm, which means it specializes in wrongful deaths, medical malpractice, suing big corporations on be...

Friday morning, prosecutor John Meadors played footage of Alex Murdaugh’s first interview with law enforcement where he appeared distraught, and wretching but in clean clothes.

Newham Council has apologised after a disabled man was wrongly issued with eight driving fines since October.

Gannett/USA TODAY journalist featured among other SC residents close to the Murdaugh story and its impact in new Netflix docuseries.