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Judge rejects convicted killers’ motions for shorter sentences in Charleston hearings
From Postandcourier.com, June 4, 2023, by Ema Rose Schumer (Read full article here) Long after the lives of innocent victims ended and the people responsible were sentenced, two homicide cases returned this week to a Lowcountry courtroom, where a different judge...
Andy’s thoughts on Jury Selection
From Postandcourier.com, January 22, 2023, by Thad Moore (Read full article here) “I don’t want somebody who’s had their head in the sand. I wouldn’t want somebody who hasn’t heard about Murdaugh, because I want somebody who’s part of the world,” Savage said. “I...
Assault charge against ex-SC Highway Patrol trooper dismissed on double jeopardy grounds
From Postandcourier.com, December 21, 2022, by Ema Rose Schumer (Read full article here) MYRTLE BEACH — The criminal case against a former South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper accused of assaulting a driver during a traffic stop was dismissed earlier this...
Families in Charleston church massacre reach $88M settlement with DOJ
From NPR.org, October 28, 2021 (Read full article here) The families of nine people who died in a racist mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., have reached an $88 million settlement with the Department of Justice, after...
Judge clears store clerk of murder in customer’s fatal shooting at downtown store
SOURCE: The Post and Courier - July 13, 2021, Olivia Diaz and Steve Garrison | Read entire article A 9th Circuit Court judge cleared a store clerk of murder charges in a September fatal shooting at a downtown convenience store. wntown convenience store. Suhib Yousef,...
Former Summerville man convicted of manslaughter to get new trial, state Supreme Court says
SOURCE: The Post and Courier - April 25, 2018, Gregory Yee | Read entire article A man convicted of manslaughter by a Charleston jury in 2007 will get a new trial after text messages sent back and forth between an attorney in the audience and a juror prompted...
Judge weighing Emanuel lawsuit derides FBI’s ‘outrageous’ approach to gun checks
SOURCE: The Post and Courier - March 20, 2018, Andrew Knapp | Read entire article Outrageous. Superficial. A fool’s errand. A federal judge in Charleston used those words Tuesday in a scathing rebuke of how the FBI handles gun background checks that fail to prevent...
Mount Pleasant teen who fatally stabbed another during love feud pleads guilty to manslaughter
SOURCE: The Post and Courier - November 6, 2017, Andrew Knapp | Read entire article A young Mount Pleasant resident pleaded guilty Tuesday in a 2015 deadly stabbing of another teenager during a love feud. Matthew Fischer was 16 when he said he stabbed 17-year-old...
South Carolina Bar recognizes J. Scott Bischoff II with Pro Bono Award
The SC Bar honored J. Scott Bischoff II as the 2016 Pro Bono Award winner for his outstanding commitment to enhancing the lives of others by volunteering legal services to South Carolina’s homeless community. The award was presented on May 18 at the House of Delegates...
Judge won’t dismiss federal lawsuit over Dylann Roof’s background check
SOURCE: The Post and Courier - March 23, 2017, Jennifer Berry Hawes | Read entire article A judge has denied the federal government’s motion to dismiss a spate of wrongful death lawsuits brought by survivors and families of the nine people killed in the Emanuel AME...
Solicitor: Feidin Santana paid for flight to country, was reimbursed after Michael Slager trial
SOURCE: The Post and Courier - March 16, 2017, Andrew Knapp | Read entire article Feidin Santana paid for his own flight to the U.S. to testify at Michael Slager's murder trial, a prosecutor said Thursday. It wasn't until after the proceeding, which ended in a hung...
Pushing for public funding, Michael Slager lawyer says Solicitor Scarlett Wilson ‘doesn’t believe in’ murder charge
SOURCE: Post and Courier - March 14, 2017, Andrew Knapp | Visit postandcourier.com here The top prosecutor pursuing a second trial of Michael Slager did not initially support a murder charge for the former policeman, his attorney said Tuesday. The development came...
What Does It Take to Convict a Cop? A fleeing man. Eight bullets. A hung jury.
Andy Savage featured in Mother Jones March-April story discussing Slager trial.
Working to change life, Ridgeville father gets probation in infant son’s fatal dog mauling
SOURCE: The Post and Courier - February 7, 2017, Andrew Knapp | Read entire article When does a parenting mistake become a crime worth punishing with prison time? It’s a question posed often by officials who consider cases of children forgotten in cars, left home...
The New York Times – The Trial of Dylan Roof. Prodigy of Hate
Andy Savage featured in The New Yorker, Feb 6, 2017 issue, discussing the trial of Dylan Roof
Michael Slager’s lawyer: Jury’s apparent rejection of murder charge should bar retrial
SOURCE: The Post and Courier - February 2, 2017, Andrew Knapp | Read entire article Prosecutors should not be allowed to retry Michael Slager for murder because a jury had apparently acquitted him of that crime in his first trial, his attorney said Thursday. The...
Lawyer’s at center of race, gun debate on 2 Charleston cases
SOURCE: FoxNews.com - August 28, 2016, Associated Press | Read entire article CHARLESTON, S.C. – Andy Savage keeps in his law office a sealed plastic bag with the blood-splattered clothes that Felicia Sanders wore sheltering her granddaughter from a fusillade of...
When Killer Cops Go On Trial, Their Fate Is Mostly In White Hands
SOURCE: The Huffington Post - December 16, 2016, Nick Wing | Read entire article Police officers in the U.S. fatally shot at least 991 civilians in 2015, and, with just weeks left in the year, 2016 is likely to keep pace. The overwhelming majority of the officers...
SC Bar YLD Annual Donation Presented to Special Olympics South Carolina
17th annual Special Night for Special Olympics Gala The South Carolina Bar Young Lawyer's Division Special Olympics Committee, of which Scott Bischoff is a co-chairman, presented their annual donation of $10,000 to Special Olympics South Carolina the other night....
In high-stakes murder trial of Michael Slager, ‘tense’ community has a lot on the line
SOURCE: The Post and Courier- October 29, 2016, Andrew Knapp | Read entire article Andy Savage saw the video for the first time in his bedroom. It showed Walter Scott running away, and North Charleston police officer Michael Slager shooting him in the back. His...