On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Dec 23, 2019 | Criminal Defense
Before the year ends, Congress must decide whether to make an emergency order by the Drug Enforcement Agency permanent. People in South Carolina who are facing charges related to selling drugs may only have sold small amounts to friends. Critics of the temporary DEA...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Dec 9, 2019 | Criminal Defense
Racial disparities continue to affect the criminal justice system in South Carolina and across the United States. Despite highly publicized issues drawing attention to racial bias in criminal prosecution and sentencing, black people are still much more likely to be...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Nov 14, 2019 | Criminal Defense
In South Carolina courtrooms, judges are expected to be as unbiased as possible when making rulings and imposing sentences on those accused of crimes. Recent studies have shown that remaining unbiased in the courtroom may be more difficult than once...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Aug 21, 2019 | Criminal Defense
Online privacy is a hot-button issue in South Carolina and around the country, and technology companies have been dragged over the coals by the media when they have sold confidential information to unscrupulous third parties or allowed malicious hackers to gain access...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Aug 5, 2019 | Criminal Defense
Juries in South Carolina and around the country tend to find eyewitness testimony extremely persuasive, and this is especially true when witnesses are able to identify criminal defendants with confidence. However, the way that police departments conduct suspect...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Jul 24, 2019 | Criminal Defense
South Carolina residents may be interested to learn that over 3,000 individuals will be released from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons starting in late July 2019. The release is meant to comply with the conditions of the First Step Act, a criminal reform act...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Jun 25, 2019 | Criminal Defense
When police arrested a Florida man for marijuana trafficking violations, they allegedly discovered possibly incriminating information on the defendant’s cell phone. Since the phone was locked, officers demanded that the defendant release his password, but the...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Jun 11, 2019 | Criminal Defense
Residents of South Carolina can increasingly monitor their neighborhoods, connect with neighbors and report suspicious activity at the touch of a button. Community-oriented social media applications, like Nextdoor, Citizen and Amazon’s Ring, have attracted many...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | May 31, 2019 | Criminal Defense
Some people in South Carolina may have heard about an executive with MillerCoors who was facing charges of fraud. The man had participated with others in a scheme from 2003 to 2013 that cost the company over $8.6 million. On May 16, he was sentenced to 46 months in...
On behalf of William G. Yarborough Attorney at Law | Apr 15, 2019 | Criminal Defense
South Carolina residents have likely read media stories about prisoners who were exonerated after spending years behind bars when witnesses recanted or DNA evidence proved their innocence. The National Registry of Exonerations keeps track of these cases, and its...
