South Carolina Circuit Judge Clifton Newman will not preside over any of the proceedings related to Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial, a new court filing revealed on Thursday. The convicted killer’s defense team has repeatedly asked that Newman, who presided over the double murder trial, be removed from …
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Rural South Carolina farmers charged with killing an armed trespasser were defending their land and their livestock from an uninvited intruder who arrived with a “deadly weapon,” according to their lawyers. Ryan Jordan Lindler Sr., 52, and Ryan Lindler Jr., 26, allegedly gunned down neighbor Kevin Lester Newhouse, 36, during …
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MURRELLS INLET, S.C. – Officials say a 15-year-old boy is being treated for injuries to his hand and leg after being bitten by a shark on the South Carolina coast near Myrtle Beach. Assistant Chief J.R. Haney of the Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire District says the youth was bitten off …
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A grieving father’s anguished words in Washington have put a spotlight on a tragedy that many Americans say reflects their worst fears: a justice system that repeatedly frees dangerous repeat offenders until it’s too late. Stephen Federico’s daughter, Logan, 22, was murdered in her sleep in May while staying overnight …
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South Carolina’s attorney general is pressuring a local prosecutor to seek the death penalty against the man accused of murdering 22-year-old college student Logan Hailey Federico. Attorney General Alan Wilson on Tuesday sent a letter to Fifth Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson urging him to pursue capital punishment against Alexander Devonte …
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Two separate shootings at South Carolina State University left one woman dead, a man wounded and triggered a campus-wide lockdown on Saturday night, according to the school and local authorities. The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) told Fox News Digital in a statement that the two shootings happened Saturday evening …
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South Carolina authorities are stepping back from arson as a potential cause for the fire at the waterfront home of a longtime judge and her Vietnam War hero husband after a preliminary investigation — but questions remain about the cause of the blaze that leveled their million-dollar home in Edisto …
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