South Carolina Penal Code Made Simple

by Kimani Upshur, M.Ed.

You live under South Carolina’s criminal code every day — but you have probably never read a page of it. That ends now. South Carolina Penal Code Made Simple translates the South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 16 — Crimes and Offenses — into plain English: how felonies and misdemeanors are classified and punished, how a case moves from arrest to sentencing, and what the major crimes actually carry — homicide, assault, burglary, robbery, theft, domestic violence, drugs, and DUI. The book explains how self-defense really works under South Carolina law, what happens after a conviction, and the rights that protect you at every step, with every statute checked against the actual code. Written by educator Kimani Upshur, M.Ed. in the direct second-person style of the Made Simple Framework, its twelve short chapters — about ten minutes each — are built on three words: Know. Act. Protect. Each chapter ends with clear takeaways and practical action steps in that same spirit. This is general information only, not legal advice, and the book says so plainly. Written from a Christian worldview — Scripture first.