education, treatment, community service, and fines with the understanding that there will be a traditional sentence if the terms are violated by the offender. In the table below, MADD describes this as “deferred prosecution.” South Carolina does not have an option like this.
With that limitation acknowledged, the table above shows the various dispositions of DUI cases in 2021 from 15 states, including South Carolina, that have MADD Court Monitoring. It shows 63% of those arrested are found guilty of DUI. Considering five out of seven South Carolina counties in our report show a less than 50% conviction rate, we believe it is safe to say that South Carolina has a conviction rate far worse than the national average.
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