Debate Resurfaces on South Carolina Hate Crime Law
Attacks on two black women prompt renewed calls for a hate crime statute in South Carolina. Lawmakers push extra penalties for racially motivated offenses amid 1995 church burnings in Clarendon and Williamsburg counties and related cases including a 15 year old girl’s assault and a separate kidnapping and sexual assault of a 45 year old woman in Summerton.
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Babysitter abducts 2 year old in Charleston Amber Alert issued
Police pursue Stephanie Crosby after a high speed chase ends with Crosby arrested and the 2 year old boy Noah Myatt and Crosby's week old daughter found unharmed in a motel. Mother Kelly Shea thanks the public and says her son is safe at home James Island.
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