COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is one of the only two states that has not enacted statewide hate crime legislation. Because of this, officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI participated in Pride Festival events in Columbia.
“We feel all the more importance to educate members of the community of the federal statutes that we have and that we use to prosecute individuals for bias-related crimes,” Attorney Ben Garner said.
A murder case in South Carolina recently made history as the first time in the nation someone has been federally convicted of killing someone based on their gender identity…