Prosecutor in taped murder case faces perjury charge
In a federal court, prosecutor Fran Humphries is charged with lying to a grand jury about a taped conversation between a murder suspect and a defense attorney. The case ties into a 1995 tape involving BJ Quattlebaum and sparked questions about judicial integrity.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Fran Humphries
Lexington County
BJ. Quattlebaum
Bob Jendron
Humphries
Jendron
Jack Swering
Swerling
David Grice
Quattlebaum
State Supreme Court
Grice
Jack Duncan
Duncan
FBI
Horry County
Indiana man gets 42 1/2 years for church arson spree
Jay Scott Ballinger of Yorktown received 42 1/2 years in federal prison for burning 26 churches across eight states including South Carolina. He pled guilty to 29 charges and was ordered to pay 3.6 million dollars in restitution. He showed no remorse and claimed hostility to organized Christianity, with prosecutors saying he was motivated by Satan worship.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
South Carolina
Tim Morrison
Jay Scott Ballinger
Yorktown
Ballinger
Georgia
Lucifer
Clinton
National
South
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Alabama
California
Arm Oak Baptist
Jasper County
Tillman
Angela Wood
Athens
Morrison
Roadless Forest Plan Targets South Carolina Lands
The US Forest Service proposes a roadless rule prohibiting road building on 58 million acres nationwide, affecting 7 500 acres in Sumter and Francis Marion forests in South Carolina. Final rule due December 18 and public input totaled over 1.5 million comments.
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Columbia
Forest Service
South Carolina
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Mike Dombeck
Sumter
Francis Marion
South
Glickman
State forms closed doors tobacco bond decision in Columbia
State and officials move toward selecting a firm to manage tobacco settlement bonds amid secrecy and criticism from watchdogs. Gov Hodges faces scrutiny for past fundraising ties as 17 bids from major firms competed, with final choice to be made behind closed doors by the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Management Authority and Budget and Control Board.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
South Carolina
Hodges
Tobacco Settlement Revenue Management Authority
State Budget and Control Board
Charlie Condon
Michhael Sponhour
Ify
Grady Patterson
Patterson
David Adams
Kevin Geddings
Geddings
Salomon Smith Barney
Dwight Drake
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S.C. Forests
State
Sponhour
John Crangle
Common Cause
Crangle
Publc
First Albany Corp
William R. Hough & Co
Bear Stearns & Co
Salomon Smith Barney Inc
Bb&t Capital Markets
Merrill Lynch
Goldman, Sachs & Co
A.G. Edwards & Sons
Paine Webber Inc
Lehman Brothers
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Bank of America Securities LLC
Raymond James
Jackson Securities
Loop Capital Markets LLC
Merchant Markets
Spanhour
Hutch
Stic
Queen Anne
Statve
Gre
Pine Log Road
Aiken
Turkey
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