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Feb 11, 2021

The Electric Chair Has No Place in 21st Century South Carolina

Instead of continuing to tinker with a death penalty system that is broken beyond repair, South Carolina legislators should repeal the death penalty.
Instead of continuing to tinker with a death penalty system that is broken beyond repair, South Carolina legislators should repeal the death penalty.
Legislative Session 2021
Legislative Session 2021
Jan 26, 2021

Rein in Policing for Profit in South Carolina

Civil asset forfeiture allows the government to take and keep your property without even charging you with a crime.
Civil asset forfeiture allows the government to take and keep your property without even charging you with a crime.
Policing for profit
Policing for profit
Jan 13, 2021

SC Lawmakers Want to Ban Abortions in South Carolina

Tomorrow a subcommittee of the SC Senate Medical Affairs Committee will consider a bill (S.1) that would prohibit abortions after any embryonic cardiac activity is detected, which is usually at six weeks. Make...
Tomorrow a subcommittee of the SC Senate Medical Affairs Committee will consider a bill (S.1) that would prohibit abortions after any embryonic cardiac activity is detected, which is usually at six weeks. Make...
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abortion
Jan 12, 2021

This is America. This is South Carolina.

From colonization and slavery, though modern racist and exploitative policies that include regressive taxation, redlining, and voter suppression, America has systematically exploited and denied the basic human...
From colonization and slavery, though modern racist and exploitative policies that include regressive taxation, redlining, and voter suppression, America has systematically exploited and denied the basic human...
US Capitol
US Capitol
Jan 6, 2021

Aclu De Carolina Del Sur Elogia La Decisión De Poner Fin Al Acuerdo 287(G) Del Condado De Charleston Con El Servicio De Inmigración Y Aduanas De Los Estados Unidos

El programa 287(g) fomenta el establecimiento generalizado de perfiles raciales, desperdicia millones de dólares fiscales del condado de Charleston y debilita las relaciones entre la policia y las comunidades...
El programa 287(g) fomenta el establecimiento generalizado de perfiles raciales, desperdicia millones de dólares fiscales del condado de Charleston y debilita las relaciones entre la policia y las comunidades...
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ACLU SC_2009-05 SC Statehouse 01-cropped.jpg
Jan 5, 2021

ACLU of South Carolina Praises Decision to End Charleston County’s 287(g) Agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The 287(g) program encourages widespread racial profiling, wastes millions of Charleston County taxdollars, and undermines relationships between local law enforcement and the communities they serve.
The 287(g) program encourages widespread racial profiling, wastes millions of Charleston County taxdollars, and undermines relationships between local law enforcement and the communities they serve.
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