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bond restrictions

  • South Carolina Republican Rep. Jeff Johnson and Democratic Sen. Gerald Malloy speak before a conference committee meeting in Columbia, S.C. on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Both state legislative chambers on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the payment of a full cash bond to post bail for people charged with a second violent or firearm-involved offense while out on pretrial release for a first offense. (AP Photo/James Pollard)
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    Bond restrictions for repeat criminal defendants passed by South Carolina Legislature
    James Pollard/Associated Press/Report for America
    Criminal defendants with repeat violent charges will have a harder time getting out of jail as they await trial and could spend more time in prison if they are convicted of the crime while out on bond under a proposal heading to the South Carolina governor's desk. Both state legislative chambers on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the payment of a full cash bond to post bail for people charged with a second violent or firearm-involved offense while out on pretrial release for a first offense. A conviction on the subsequent charge will allow another penalty carrying up to five years imprisonment even if they are found not guilty of the initial crime.