Judge finds juror in contempt in upstate murder case
U S District Judge Joe Anderson orders Cynthia Wilson to 120 hours of community service and repayment of 2500 dollars of the 5600 dollars she received for jury duty. Wilson contacted news outlets during the Basham trial citing a flagrant violation of instructions. The ruling could trigger appeals affecting Basham and Fulks and reach multiple judges.
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Upstate
Brandon Basham
Joe Anderson
Cynthia Wilson
Anderson
Lyman
Wilson
Basham
Chadrick Fulks
Ping Alice Donovan
Galivants Ferry
West Virginia
Samantha Burns
Supreme Court
Supreme Court declines to hear South Carolina phonecard gambling case
The Supreme Court refused to review Phonecards R Us v. South Carolina 04-665, letting SC officials’ ban on phone cards with sweepstakes pieces stand. Card owners argued the prepaid long distance cards resembled legal devices, but the state high court ruled the devices were illegal gambling devices.
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Supreme Court
South Carolina
Matt Henderson
Grinalds to Lead Porter-Gaud After Citadel Retirement
John Grinalds, aging 67, will retire as The Citadel president this August then take a year off. In June 2006 he becomes head of Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, a private Episcopal-linked prep institution with 940 students. He has served as a Citadel trustee and helped the military college navigate the 1990s women’s admission era.
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John Grinalds
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Grinalds
Porter-Gaud School
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Porter-Gaud
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Income tax plan overshadows grocery tax break dispute
South Carolina lawmakers clash as Republicans push a broad income tax cut aimed at wealthy retirees and business owners while Democrats champion a grocery sales tax relief that would benefit all residents. The debate reflects a shift in priorities, with budget health and property tax relief fueling the tension between top-bracket reductions and universal food tax relief.
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House
Mark Sanford
Sanford
Dick Elliott
North Myrtle Beach
Herb Kirsh
D-Clover
Kirsh
Jim Hodges
Senate
Hodges
Ways and Means
Bobby Harrell
R. Charleston
South Carolina
Harrell
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