GOP defense fund may trigger ethics review in SC
South Carolina Republicans set up a legal defense fund for a libel suit involving Lyman Rep. Rita Allison. Ethics chief attorney Cathy Hazelwood said state rules lack guidance on party defense funds and may require a ruling from the State Ethics Commission. Floyd says donations flow through the party operating account and in kind contributions from volunteer lawyers.
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South Carolina
Republican Party
State Ethics Commission
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Karen Floyd
Rita Allison
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Mark Sanford
Cathy Hazelwood
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Carol Fowler
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New Charges For Man In Ravenel Drug Case
Pascal Etcheber, a French national, faces new charges of lying to authorities and intimidating a witness in the Ravenel drug investigation. He was arrested in March and remains free on bond as a new bond hearing is scheduled.
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Charleston
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Thomas Ravenel
Pascal Etcheber
Ravenel
Etcheber
Woman settles suit over prison death of son in Ridgeville
Sandra Carter reached a $47,500 out of court settlement with the South Carolina Corrections Department after her son Justin Bregenzer, 22, was stabbed at Lieber Correctional Institution near Ridgeville in 2005. Kenneth Henry Justus, 42, was sentenced to death for the killing. Carter seeks closer inmate placement oversight to prevent future harm.
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Ridgeville
Summerville
South Carolina
Sandra Carter
Justin Bregenzer
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Charleston
Bregenzer
Lieber
Justus
Chris Murphy
Carter
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