In this July 6, 2005 file photo, James Brown performs on stage during the Live 8 concert at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. A judge has ordered South Carolina’s attorney general to turn over documents to a freelance journalist investigating the fight over the estate of soul singer James Brown. Sue Summer wants to see […]
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Former South Carolina State University Chair Guilty in Corruption Case
Jonathan Pinson leaves the courthouse with his wife Pamela and Margaret Fox after receiving the verdict on public corruption charges in Columbia, S.C., Thursday, July 3, 2014. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former trustee and Chairman of the Board at South Carolina State University was found guilty Thursday of more than two dozen charges in […]
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SC Judge Gets Case of New Trial for Executed Teen
Updated 1/23/2014 SUMTER, S.C. (AP) —Lawyers finally got the chance to argue on behalf of George Stinney, 70 years after the 14-year-old Black boy was sent to the electric chair for killing two White girls in South Carolina. Whether his conviction from that segregation-era court is tossed out is now up to Judge Carmen Mullen […]
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1st Day of Hearing: Did SC 14 Yr. Old Executed in 1944 Get a Fair Trial?
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — The judge, prosecutor and defense lawyers all agree that justice, at least by today’s standards, wasn’t carried out 70 years ago when a 14-year-old Black boy was sent to the electric chair for killing two White girls. But figuring out exactly what happened in March 1944 may be elusive, they said […]
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Lawyers for Black SC Teen Executed in 1944 Have New Info
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers trying to get a new trial for a Black 14-year-old executed in South Carolina almost 70 years ago for killing two White girls say publicity about their case has caused more witnesses to come forward to try to prove his innocence. A man who helped pull the bodies of the […]
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New Trial Sought for Black SC Boy, 14, Executed in Electric Chair in 1944
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Supporters of a 14-year-old South Carolina boy put to death in the electric chair in 1944 for killing two girls are asking a judge to grant him a new trial. The family of George Stinney hopes the court hearing will show he is innocent. The motion says Stinney was convicted on […]
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Protests Target “Secession Ball” Celebrating South Carolina’s Secession from Union
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The memory of the Civil War collided with modern-day civil rights Monday as protesters targeted a “Secession Ball,” commemorating the state of South Carolina’s decision exactly 150 years ago to secede from the United States of America. As Blacks and Whites gathered in the twilight with electric candles and signs for […]