Druanne White

Druanne White is a trial lawyer in South Carolina. Before that she was a prosecutor for the state for more than 11 years, then was elected to a four-year term as Solicitor (District Attorney) for the Tenth Judicial Circuit.

White earned her undergraduate degree at Furman University, and her law degree at the University of South Carolina School of Law.

After gaining her law degree, White served in the United States Marines Corps as a Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) officer for a few years. She was then hired as a state prosecutor. She served in this position for more than 11 years. In 1999, she was elected as Solicitor [District Attorney] for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, where she served a four-year term (2000–2004).

During her time as prosecutor, White became one of the foremost experts on capital murder cases in the United States. She was invited to testify as an expert witness to the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee on June 10, 2002. She testified in the matter of “Reducing the Risk of Executing the Innocent: The Report of the Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment”, along with other experts in the field, including Scott Turow, Donald Hubert, and Professor Larry Marshall (Northwestern University School of Law).

White taught the Career Prosecutors Course at the College of the National District Attorneys Association in Alexandria, Virginia, which is attended by prosecutors from around the country.

Among White's notable trials as prosecutor was that known for its victim, Stephanie Carter, a four-year-old girl who died at the hands of her father and stepmother after suffering physical abuse for a year. After the father pleaded guilty, White prosecuted the stepmother and won a conviction. White subsequently co-authored a state bill entitled "Stephanie's Law", to make it easier for law enforcement to protect children in South Carolina from abuse. Among other provisions, it requires classification of suspected child abuse cases immediately as "unfounded" or "indicated", and allows reopening of cases upon the receipt of additional information.

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