MORNING HEADLINES | State legislators on Wednesday elected attorney Thomas Rode, a 2008 honor graduate of the Charleston School of Law, to be a state district judge.
He’ll fill the Charleston-based seat formerly held by S.C. District Judge Bentley Price, who vacated his seat last year after being found “unqualified” by a state panel.
Rode, who has practiced as a civil attorney with the Thurmond, Kirchner and Timbes law firm in Charleston, lives in West Ashley with his wife and two children.
Meanwhile for the second time in two years, lawmakers on Wednesday broke with precedent to reject a judicial candidate for an uncontested seat. Conservatives argued that Melissa Inzerillo of Rock Hill, a former public defender, would be soft on criminals.
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