Don Beatty

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Beatty Becomes South Carolina’s 2nd Black Chief Justice

ABC Columbia Site Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Legislators have elected South Carolina’s second black chief justice since Reconstruction. Associate Justice Don Beatty was the only person running to be the next chief justice of South Carolina. State lawmakers on Wednesday selected Beatty to replace Chief Justice Costa Pleicones (pluh-KOH’- nus), who must retire Dec. 31 because he’s reached the mandatory retirement age of…
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Beatty Could Be 2nd Black Chief Justice Since Reconstruction

ABC Columbia Site Staff

Don Beatty COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The state Supreme Court’s senior associate justice is the only person running for the court’s top job. A statement Monday from the Judicial Merit Selection Commission shows Don Beatty of Spartanburg is the only person running for chief justice. Republicans had sought another candidate. Beatty would become South Carolina’s second black chief justice since…