Errata:
Kershaw
Not
In
Kershaw
Anymore
7/28/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/446/errata.shtml
Last week, one of the "corrupt cops" stories we reported on was from Kershaw County, South Carolina, or so we thought:
In Lancaster, South Carolina, a Kershaw County prison guard was charged with taking what he thought was Ecstasy from undercover agents to sneak into the prison, the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division announced in a July 12 press release. Joseph Sanders, 29, was arrested the night before and charged with misconduct in office, conspiracy to possess and distribute controlled substances and attempting to furnish contraband to a prisoner. According to the arrest warrant, Sanders took the fake drug from the SLED narc with the intention of smuggling it into the prison.
A local journalist who saw our article on Google News set the record straight for us. It turns out that while the suspect is from Lancaster -- which is part of Lancaster County -- Kershaw Correctional Institute where he works (and which is in Kershaw) is also part of Lancaster County, hence he was a Lancaster County prison guard, not a Kershaw County prison guard as we misidentified him. The arrest, however, took place in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Camden -- part of Kershaw County -- Kershaw itself used to be part of Kershaw County, but removed itself from it decades ago and is now part of Lancaster County.
Drug War Chronicle regrets the error -- but hopes we'll get some slack on this one. The original story -- correct, we think -- can be found here.
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Issue #446
-- 7/28/06
Editorial:It's
Time
to
Get
Real
About
Opium
in
Afghanistan
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Medical
Marijuana
Crisis
in
San
Diego
as
Feds,
Locals
Move
to
Shut
Down
Remaining
Dispensaries
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Bipartisan
Group
of
US
Senators
Introduce
Bill
to
Reduce
Cocaine
Sentencing
Disparities
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Smoke
Bust
Mobilizes
Interior
British
Columbia
Cannabis
Community
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Law
Enforcement:
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Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
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Sentencing:
Federal
Judges
More
Likely
to
Acquit
Than
Juries
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Medical
Marijuana:
South
Dakota
Ballot
Description
Erroneous
and
Apparently
Illegal
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Medical
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York
Democratic
Gubernatorial
Race,
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No,
Suozzi
Says
Yes
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Search
and
Seizure:
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in
Colorado
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to
Find
Swallowed
Drugs
Approaches
Torture
Level
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Khat:
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Arrest
62
in
Crackdown
on
Mild
East
African
Stimulant
Herb
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Europe:
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Conservatives
Call
For
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Licensed
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Production
As
Troop
Toll
Mounts
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Papa
Debunks
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Khat
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in
History
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Announcement:
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Not
In
Kershaw
Anymore
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