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This house resolution directs the Judiciary Committee of the South Carolina House of Representatives to conduct an immediate inquiry into whether Fifth Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson should be impeached for serious misconduct in office. Specifically, the resolution alleges that Gipson engaged in dereliction of duty and breach of public trust by improperly disposing of an inmate's sentence without notifying the crime victim's family, reducing the sentence by sixteen years or more through an order that was kept from public view, and mishandling this and other criminal cases. The resolution instructs the Judiciary Committee to investigate these allegations under Section 1, Article XV of the South Carolina Constitution, and if clear and convincing evidence of misconduct is found, to report articles of impeachment to the full House of Representatives for potential further action. This type of resolution is a formal first step in the potential impeachment process, which is a mechanism for removing a public official from office for serious wrongdoing.

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