Let’s drop the polite fiction: South Carolina, with one of the highest domestic violence rates in the U.S., still has no public Domestic Violence Offender Registry. No index, no alerts, no way for families to know if someone’s history of abuse is hiding behind a smile.

That silence is deadly.

On September 16, 2025, Zakiyah “Kiyah” Ali was murdered in a South Carolina hotel. Her killer had a violent record that should have followed him. Instead, it stayed buried. Out of that tragedy came #KiyahsLaw—a call for the first statewide registry of convicted domestic violence offenders. But the statehouse hasn’t even flinched.

Domestic violence cuts across every zip code and race. The white woman in Greenwood, SC hiding bruises beneath her sleeves, the Black mother in Charleston holding her kids through the night—they both need transparency, not excuses. If #KiyahsLaw existed, those histories of abuse would be searchable. Survivors could see danger before it strikes again. Please share, speak and support about #KiyhasLaw. We are raising support of our legal team and a social media manager to get this word out!