State prosecutors on Nov. 14 delivered explosive testimony to a House committee tasked with reviewing how South Carolina picks its judges, giving detailed accounts of actual or perceived favoritism, misbehavior
State prosecutors on Nov. 14 delivered explosive testimony to a House committee tasked with reviewing how South Carolina picks its judges, giving detailed accounts of actual or perceived favoritism, misbehavior
“Any judge who tells you they don’t worry about offending a JMSC member . is lying to you,” a state prosecutor says, as two judges describe a pattern of intimidation by lawyer-legislators who can make or break a judge’s career.
South Carolina is one of two states, the other being Virginia, in which the Legislature alone elects judges. In most states, popular elections or combinations of the governor and the