COLUMBIA – As South Carolina continues to enforce an extreme and dangerous ban on most abortions, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of South Carolina have submitted a brief to the State Supreme Court insisting on a straightforward reading of the text of the law.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – With just over a week remaining until the state of South Carolina resumes carrying out executions, a coalition of clergy, civil rights leaders, and concerned citizens is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare the life of Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Transgender South Carolinians and their families are suing the state of South Carolina to block enforcement of a ban on gender-affirming healthcare.
COLUMBIA – As the South Carolina Department of Corrections prepares to resume executing people for the first time since 2011, the ACLU of South Carolina has filed an urgent motion to allow the publication of an interview with a man incarcerated on death row.
On July 31, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled to allow the state to execute incarcerated people by electrocution, firing squad, or lethal injection. The ACLU of South Carolina opposes the death penalty and urges state lawmakers to abolish the practice regardless of method.
COLUMBIA, S.C.