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Judge Denies Slager’s Request for State Funds to Help Pay for Expert Witnesses

Michael Slager is charged with murder in the 2015 death of Walter Scott in North Charleston. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A judge on Thursday denied former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager’s request for state funds to help pay for expert witnesses. Judge Clifton Newman ruled Slager, who is charged with murder in the death of Walter Scott, is not…