Edwards v. State Law Enforcement Division

How courts have described this case

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• declining to adopt the State's definition of remedial, and holding the legislature's 2005 and 2008 amendments to section 23-3-430 of the South Carolina Code are not procedural and cannot be retroactively applied
• explaining amendment to § 23-3- 430 of SORA related to effect of pardon on registration requirement changed rather than clarified existing law, and therefore court could not use amendment to interpret legislative intent of original version of statute
• “[A]bsent a specific provision or clear legislative intent to the contrary, statutes are to be construed prospectively rather than retroactively, unless the statute is remedial or procedural in nature.”
• “When a statute’s terms are clear and unambiguous on their face, there is no room for statutory construction and a court must apply the statute according to its literal meaning.”
• “When a statute’s terms are clear and unambiguous on their face, there is no room for statutory construction and a court must apply the statute according to its literal meaning.”

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