Domestic Violence

29 women, 7 men lost to domestic violence honored at Silent Witness Ceremony

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — The National Domestic Violence Hotline reported answering over 440,000 calls, texts, and chats in 2022. To honor lives lost to domestic violence here in South Carolina, the attorney general’s office held the 26th Annual Silent Witness Ceremony. Family and friends joined together at the SC State House to honor their loved ones taken from them as…

Supreme court discussing new federal law banning guns from Domestic Violent offenders

The Supreme court is meeting behind closed doors Thursday to consider whether they should add a high profile second amendment case next term. With South Carolina being one of the top states for cases of Domestic Violence we did some digging to see how this proposal, if passed could impact statistics found here in the Palmetto State