Bill To Restrict Repeat Offenders Heading To S.C. Governor’s Desk

The law will make it harder for criminal defendants with repeat violent charges to get out of jail as they await trial.

S.C. Governor Henry McMaster has been pushing for lawmakers to approve a certain law, and he has now seen a breakthrough.

On Wednesday, both Republican-led legislative chambers approved a bill that would require the payment of a full cash bond to post bail for people charged with a subsequent violent or firearm-involved offense while out on pretrial release for a first offense.

A conviction on the subsequent charge, would allow another penalty carrying up to five years in prison, even if they are found not guilty of the initial crime.

The law will make it harder for criminal defendants with repeat violent charges to get out of jail as they await trial.

It is now heading to McMaster’s desk for signature.