# Shooting of Walter Scott: a death penalty case under South Carolina law?

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**Created:** [April 8, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-of-walter-scott-a-death-penalty-case-under-south-carolina-law/717134 "2015-04-08T16:20:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-of-walter-scott-a-death-penalty-case-under-south-carolina-law/717134/8 "2015-04-09T01:01:44Z")

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South Carolina has summary executions of black men for allegedly driving with a tail light out.

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