Editor: "In South Carolina, we breed men who kill women"

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'IN SOUTH Carolina, we breed men who kill women. There’s something wicked in our culture that says it’s OK to hit, abuse and, yes, kill our wives, girlfriends and ex-lovers.

It’s sinful. Reprehensible. Intolerable. Yet for years we’ve failed to do enough to purge this evil element from among us.

Which is why it’s been encouraging to see so many people — from politicians to law enforcement officers to prosecutors and oodles of others — join victims’ advocates over the past couple years to demand change.

The effort reached a fever pitch on the first day of this year’s legislative session, when Attorney General Alan Wilson stood in the second-floor State House lobby between the House and Senate chambers with lawmakers, law enforcement officers, victims’ advocates, prosecutors and others to call for a law aimed at increasing penalties for domestic violence. State Law Enforcement Division chief Mark Keel and S.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault executive director Sara Barber were there. So were House Speaker Jay Lucas, Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster and Senate Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin.

Law enforcement officers joined citizens in holding silhouettes representing South Carolinians killed in domestic violence. A blow-up of a letter signed by Mr. Wilson, prosecutors and others urging lawmakers to act was displayed on an easel.'