Opinion
October 3, 1996.
ORDER
Pursuant to Section 2 of the South Carolina Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 1996 Act No. 448, this Court hereby approves the following charge to be used before a jury is discharged from service in all capital cases:
After your service in this trial has concluded, you have the right to either refuse to discuss the verdict you have rendered or to discuss the verdict to the extent you so desire. If you choose to discuss the verdict, you are free to terminate any such discussion at any point. If the person with whom you are speaking continues to pursue a discussion of the verdict after you have communicated a desire to terminate the discussion, or if a person continues to harass you after you have refused to discuss the verdict, you should report that person to ___________ (name, address, phone number).
In addition to giving this charge verbally, the judge shall also provide each member of the jury with a written copy of this charge.
IT IS SO ORDERED.