
COJ #137 - Celebrating Stephen Smith’s Legacy + Stand Your Ground, Citizens’ Arrest and Should Weldon Boyd Be Worried?
Published on Jul 15
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Investigative journalists and True Sunlight Podcast co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell — and attorney Eric Bland — are back at it, discussing the latest in crime, corruption and the courts.
In today’s episode Mandy and Eric share an update in the Stephen Smith case, plus their stories from the very successful walk held over the weekend in Hampton, South Carolina, after the 10th anniversary of Stephen’s death. The event gathered over 120 people to walk in person and virtually raising over $12,000 for Stephen Smith’s scholarship and investigation funds. Seeing Sandy happy and meeting the new Agent in charge of Stephen's case is entirely encouraging.
Also on the show, we're looking at what went down last week in the Scott Spivey wrongful death case.
Plus Mandy and Liz ask Eric to explain South Carolina’s citizens’ arrest law, which is what Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office used to as an argument against charging Weldon and Bradley.
And finally, Russell Laffitte and Ale...