From the daily archives:

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Today, senators on the South Carolina Sentencing Reform Commission reported the results of their work to their colleagues in the higher chamber.

A bipartisan team of lawmakers, along with judges and the Department of Corrections reviewed current guidelines, case studies and heard testimony from crime victims. Today, Senators Gerald Malloy, Chip Campsen and Jake Knotts told fellow lawmakers that  they are proud of the 24 recommendations they offer. They told lawmakers that a major goal is the keeping repeat offenders of violent  out of communities.

(Senators Malloy, Campsen and Knotts on sentencing recommendations MP3 12:54)

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Read the full report here.

The senators say they will propose an omnibus package of 60 recommendations as early as next week.

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Spartanburg Clerk of Court resigns after drug arrest, makes statement

by Ashley Byrd 02/3/10 2:24 PM

Marcus Kitchens resigned today as the Spartanburg County Clerk of Court. This comes a day after he was arrested on federal charges of stealing drugs from the evidence room at the Spartanburg County Judicial Center.  He allegedly took cocaine and methamphetamines, then allegedly sold the drugs to a Florida drug dealer who was in reality [...]

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Rep. Inglis speaks to U.S. House about Afghanistan trip (Video)

by Ashley Byrd 02/3/10 1:30 PM

“We saw America’s best doing incredible work in Afghanistan and Pakistan,”Congressman Bob Inglis said on the U.S. House floor today after returning last night from a five-day trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Inglis says that for security reasons his office was unable to announce the specifics of the trip in advance. In a release today, Inglis’s [...]

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NC man who dumped victims in SC faces death penalty

by Tom Hayes 02/3/10 12:51 PM

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a North Carolina man charged with killing three women and dumping two of the victim’s bodies in wooded areas in South Carolina last Fall. Gaston County, North Carolina resident 47-year-old Danny Robbie Hembree, Jr. is accused of  killing two Gastonia women, 17-year-old Heather Catterton and 30-year-old Randi Dean Saldana, and [...]

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Jenny Sanford “stays true” with Barbara Walters

by Michael Brown 02/3/10 11:12 AM

South Carolina’s first lady sits down once again with ABC’s Barbara Walters in a “20/20″ special airing this Friday. In her book “Staying True,” to be released this Friday, First Lady Jenny Sanford reveals what gave her marriage the final blow. Sanford says when she read the racy e-mails between the governor and his Argentine [...]

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