South Carolina’s legislators voted to reinstate using firing squads in addition to electrocution and lethal injections. There has been a shortage of lethal injection drugs, so they added death by shooting to resume carrying out capital punishment sentences on May 5, 2021. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster said he would sign the legislation when it hits […]
Pastor Ra’Shan Lamar Wilson of Charleston’s Southside Baptist Church was arrested for allegedly choking his pregnant wife. According to court documents, the victim, Dashonna Wilson, was strangled until she was unconscious for an undetermined amount of time. Reportedly, the 35-year-old lunged at his wife after an argument that took place when she went to the […]
The battles over bathrooms and gender identity rights are spreading throughout the American South. A controversial North Carolina law on the topic has brought a national backlash. However, other states are still tossing around the political football of transgender rights that local pols are proposing with November elections in mind, and many are ignoring […]