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14th Circuit solicitor requests step increase toward state average funding; proposes multi‑year MOU
Summary
14th Circuit Solicitor Duffy Stone asked the council to raise the county's contribution to the solicitor's office from about $8.97 per capita to the state average of $14.10 per capita (the change as presented would be about $2.8 million). Stone proposed starting at the state average and adopting a five‑year increase schedule by memorandum of
Duffy Stone, the 14th Circuit Solicitor, urged Beaufort County Council to increase the county’s contribution to the solicitor’s office so the office can recruit and retain prosecutors and reduce caseload backlogs.
Stone described his long prosecution career and said public safety and professional prosecutors are essential to victims, the community and fair process. He cited a new South Carolina Supreme Court order encouraging a three‑tier scheduling and case triage system that gives prosecutors time to prepare…
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