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After waiting three months for the South Carolina Department of Corrections to fulfill a FOIA request, we now have more details about the August 2023 infractions that caused Alex Murdaugh to lose his telephone and canteen privileges. In late October, we asked SCDC for...
In True Sunlight Episode 38, Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell dove into a recent FOIA return we got after asking Colleton County for a series of emails and records as we fact-checked Colleton Clerk of Court Becky Hill's response to the ethics complaint failed against her....
The expected election day for judges in South Carolina came and went on Feb. 7 without the South Carolina Senate taking the next step to convene both houses to cast their ballots for the judges who will fill more than three dozen judicial seats across the state. ...
As we look toward the new year, we wanted to start a new fixture within Luna Shark: a monthly Corruption Watchlist. Our team has been keeping our eyes, ears, and inboxes open and are tracking some of the biggest cases as well as less reported but equally important...
A subcommittee of the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee is set to discuss a variety of bills related to judicial reform in South Carolina on February 6. This hearing comes after an ad hoc committee of state senators and representatives tasked with...
Second Circuit Solicitor David Miller is one step closer to becoming a judge in South Carolina after the Judicial Merit Selection Commission decided on November 8, 2023 that he is qualified to sit on the bench. Two months after that determination and just one month...