Congresswoman Nancy Mace FOIAs S.C. Attorney General For Data On Mishandled Child Exploitation Cases

(Charleston, S.C., October 7, 2025) -Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) sent a formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson's office seeking detailed data on how the Attorney General's Office has handled cases involving child pornography and the sexual exploitation of minors since January 1, 2019.

In her letter, Rep. Mace asks for comprehensive statewide information including the number of cases filed, dismissed, and resulting in convictions; average case duration; plea agreements; sentencing outcomes; and details of bond releases, broken down by county and year.

The request follows previous findings from a 2022 memorandum by First Circuit Solicitor David M. Pascoe, obtained by Congresswoman Mace's office through an earlier FOIA request, which revealed that of 385 cases related to child exploitation in Dorchester County between 2019 and 2022, more than 92% were dismissed and only 7.5% resulted in conviction, none by jury trial.

"These are some of the most heinous crimes imaginable, and it appears Alan Wilson has turned South Carolina into a sanctuary state for p*dophiles," said Rep. Mace."Families deserve to know how p*dophile cases are being handled and whether justice is truly being served for our children. If the system is this broken in one county, we need to know how far Alan Wilson's negligence has infected the rest of the state. The public has a right to know what's happening across all 46 counties. And we need to know NOW."

Mace's FOIA request urges the Attorney General's Office to release the data to ensure accountability and public confidence in the prosecution of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of minors.

READ THE FOIA REQUEST:

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