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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-5: Person causing injury which results in death at least three years later not to be prosecuted for homicide.

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  1. Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
  2. CHAPTER 3 Offenses Against the Person
  3. ARTICLE 1 Homicide

A person who causes bodily injury which results in the death of the victim is not criminally responsible for the victim's death and must not be prosecuted for a homicide offense if at least three years intervene between the injury and the death of the victim.

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