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Judge Sets Hearing In SC Electronic Monitoring Case

PROGRAM HAS DRAWN CONSTITUTIONAL, FISCAL SCRUTINY … A South Carolina circuit court judge will hear motions related to a controversial electronic monitoring program next month, sources familiar with the case tell FITSNews. Judge Clifton Newman will convene an initial procedural hearing on the matter at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 12. As this…

PROGRAM HAS DRAWN CONSTITUTIONAL, FISCAL SCRUTINY …

A South Carolina circuit court judge will hear motions related to a controversial electronic monitoring program next month, sources familiar with the case tell FITSNews.

Judge Clifton Newman will convene an initial procedural hearing on the matter at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 12.

As this website reported earlier this week, a privatized electronic monitoring system for alleged offenders released on bond has raised a multitude of constitutional issues.  We addressed those issues in depth in our recent coverage, but we’re also informed that the program – which is used in Richland County, S.C. by fifth circuit solicitor Dan Johnson – is drawing fiscal scrutiny related to “procurement and budget irregularities.”

Really … in Richland County? 

You don’t say …

Anyway, we’ll have more on this story as soon as we get it …

UPDATE: The verdict is in …

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