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Witness Mark Tinsley, attorney for Mallory Beach's family, answers questions during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse, Feb. 10, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. The family of Beach, a teen killed in a boat crash, which prosecutors said begin the financial downfall of Murdaugh, has reached a $15 million deal to settle a lawsuit against a convenience store chain that sold Murdaugh's son alcohol while under age. Tinsley said the settlement that will be paid by the convenience store chain's insurance was amount that Beach's family felt would show the store has to take alcohol laws seriously. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool, File)

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Store that sold Alex Murdaugh's son beer must pay $15 million to family of teen killed in boat crash
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Mon,07/17/23-12:08PM , 109 Reads
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Mourners stop by a memorial to Cyrus Carmack-Belton on Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Authorities said Carmack-Belton, 14, was shot and killed by a store owner who wrongly suspected him of shoplifting. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Store owner charged with killing a teen shot at people he suspected of shoplifting before
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Thu,06/01/23-10:29AM , 155 Reads
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Debris is spread out in front of a convenience store, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Richland County deputies said the store owner chased a 14-year-old he thought shoplifted, but didn't steal anything and fatally shot the teen in the back. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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South Carolina gas station owner makes 1st court appearance on murder charge in teen's death
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Tue,05/30/23-9:29AM , 138 Reads
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina gas station owner accused of chasing a 14-year-old boy from his store and fatally shooting him in the back made his first court appearance Tuesday on a murder charge in the death.
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South Carolina Assistant Attorney General Thomas Hydrick argues that a judge should not halt enforcement of the state's new law banning abortion when cardiac activity is detected during a hearing, Friday, May 26, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review
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Fri,05/26/23-10:35AM , 109 Reads
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