Does “Stand Your Ground” law apply to North Charleston shooting over alleged stolen car?
Category: Criminal Law
According to the Protection of Persons and Property Act, also known as the “Stand Your Ground” law, a person has the ability to protect himself or herself, even through the use of deadly force, if someone else is unlawfully and forcefully entering a home or occupied vehicle, or if someone Continue Reading...
Former foster mom concerned SC child back with parents facing misconduct charges
Category: Family Law in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A child who suffered 16 broken bones as a baby spent the last 48 hours back with his parents. Despite winning custody, the battle over 22-month-old Foxx is not over yet and there’s still concerns over his safety and wellbeing. The child’s parents are still facing criminal charges Continue Reading...
The Dept. of Social Services has been ordered a 22-month-old child returned to his parents’ custody, after the boy was taken from the Johns Island couple in 2017. The boy was placed in protective custody amid law enforcement suspicions of child abuse over the discovery of 16 bone fractures during a Continue Reading...
Lawyers for deceased murder suspect say they would have proven self-defense at trial
Category: Criminal Law
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) — It’s been nearly three years since Goose Creek Police found two men shot to death and buried behind a home. The discovery shocked the Lowcountry, but the case will never go to trial. It was officially closed when James Edward Loftis, the man charged with the Continue Reading...
CRIME & COURTS ICE may deport Mexican-born ‘dreamer’ acquitted of rape of USC student
Category: Criminal Law
Carlos Hernandez was acquitted by a Richland County jury of raping a University of South Carolina student off campus after both had been drinking heavily in Five Points. Ordinarily, Hernandez, 24, of Batesburg-Leesville, would have been set free and tried to rebuild his future. But he is Mexican-born, was smuggled Continue Reading...
