COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A Democratic lawmaker who called the late pastor of Mother Emanuel AME Church a friend is continuing his push to make South Carolina the 49th state with a hate crime law. After an avowed white supremacist murdered nine members of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the U.S. South in 2015, Rep. Wendell Gilliard revamped his ongoing pursuit of enhanced state penalties for hate crimes. Before adjourning that summer, lawmakers provided a special session might allow them to stiffen punishments for crimes motivated by bias against particular groups. But no such proposal has become law...
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