Chief justice explains change in bar results

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CHARLESTON, S.C. --- South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal says the state's highest court was only trying to be fair when it decided to change the results of a summer bar exam.

The court decided when a scoring error was detected on the bar exam to throw out a section of the test. The move allowed about 20 people who had initially failed the test to pass, and they can now practice law.

The decision raised questions, though. Two scores that were reversed were for children of a state legislator and a state judge.

Chief Justice Toal's remarks came Friday during the South Carolina Bar convention. The (Columbia) State newspaper reported on its Web site that Chief Justice Toal told fellow attorneys the state Supreme Court made its decision with the "sole motivation of trying to be fair."

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christian134

Always a frightening thought to be represented in any situation by a person that passed by the test by the skin of his teeth. Kinda like a surgeon who graduated at the bottom of his/her class. :)

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