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  2. South Carolina v. Gathers - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina v. Gathers, 490 U.S. 805 (1989), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that testimony in the form of a victim impact statement is admissible during the sentencing phase of a trial only if it directly relates to the "circumstances of the crime." [1] This case was later overruled by the Supreme Court decision in Payne v.

  3. Victims' rights - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, Human Rights Watch published a report comparing United States victims' rights laws to international human rights standards, which found that "while U.S. Jurisdictions, both federal and state, have made significant progress in recent decades, much more can be done to ensure that victims' rights and legitimate interests are upheld."

  4. SC was failing to protect injury victims’ money. What’s ...

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    Since the series’ September publication, just 55% of the 29 deals that reached hearings in South Carolina have been approved, court records show. That’s down from an approval rate of more than ...

  5. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

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    The District of South Carolina was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [2] It was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Districts on February 21, 1823, by 3 Stat. 726. [2]

  6. SC lawyers who helped take millions from Murdaugh victim’s ...

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    The defendants in the case agreed to fully reinstate the girls’ future payment rights plus pay an additional $2.3 million in order to release them of all claims related to the deals and allow ...

  7. Murders of Pamela Buckley and James Freund - Wikipedia

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    James Paul Freund (September 16, 1946 – August 9, 1976) and Pamela Mae Buckley (December 16, 1951 – August 9, 1976), commonly known as the Sumter County Does, Jock Doe and Jane Doe respectively, [6] were two previously unidentified American murder victims found in Sumter County, South Carolina, on August 9, 1976. [7]

  8. US to pay $88M to families, victims of SC church massacre - AOL

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    Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to ...

  9. National Center for Victims of Crime - Wikipedia

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    Between October 1, 2022, and September 30, 2023, the National Center for Victims of Crime was awarded one $400,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a resource guide for National Crime Victims' Rights Week. [40] [41] It was also awarded a $852,294 grant from the District of Columbia to fund the DC Victim Hotline. [10]