By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Happy Friday! As a reminder, early voting continues tomorrow. There’s no voting on Sunday. State law prohibits it. But early voting locations re-open Monday.
“It’s not chaos for him right now.” - Robert Bank, an attorney with the S.C. Commission on Indigent Defense, on a death row inmate’s peculiar legal situation.
Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, speaks to voters Thursday in Winnsboro. (Photo by Katharine Wilson/SC Daily Gazette)
By Katharine Wilson
Republicans are calling Dr. Annie Andrews an "anti-gun" lobbyist. The Democrat running for U.S. Senate says she supports the Second Amendment but wants to end gun violence. Katarine writes about the accusations, Andrews’ platform and her work for Everytown for Gun Safety.
This shows the common area of South Carolina’s death row facility, where inmates eat and spend time, with their individual cells in the background. (Photo courtesy of the S.C. Department of Corrections)
By Tiffany Tan
An order from South Carolina’s high court created the possibility that Donnie Council could leave death row. But in the 18 years since that ruling, his lawyers haven’t tried to get him moved. Ron Finklea has similarly been in resentencing limbo for over two years. For him, it’s unclear why. But for Council, the reasoning is straightforward.
A recent report from national nonprofit Pregnancy Justice found more charges involving pregnancy filed in South Carolina over the past three years than in any other state. (Stock photo/Getty Images)
By Skylar Laird
South Carolina charged at least 381 women with crimes related to their pregnancy over the past three years, far more than any other state. The report released earlier this week focused on the three years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But the documented charges in South Carolina are not due to abortions.
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