The issue focused on what can be done to protect those who have been arrested in the past, as well as how this might affect people with criminal records.

"It's not about black and white; it's not about right or wrong," said Elmer Forrester, a South Carolina state representative and author of the bill. "We need to make sure that we get them out of prison as soon as possible. We want to take care of them as best we can. It is time for us