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You'd think so wouldn't you.I don’t understand how he gets to decide this. Isn’t he already legally conflicted from working so close with the victims family?
You'd think so wouldn't you.I don’t understand how he gets to decide this. Isn’t he already legally conflicted from working so close with the victims family?
"The prosecutor, Duffie Stone, had worked under the last Murdaugh prosecutor and took over the office in 2006. He said in a statement this week that, to his knowledge, “there is no clear suspect” in the case and he suggested that he would not make a decision about recusing himself until there was one."
"No clear suspect", so does that mean there's a not so clear suspect within the evidence? After gathering prosecutable evidence on he/she, then if it's a Murdaugh Stone will recused himself?
It's all lawyer speak to me.
A Mother and Son Are Found Murdered, Deepening a Mystery in South Carolina
Just something else I'm wondering about. Maybe someone more familiar with Colleton County will know.
The Colleton County Sheriff's Office released a single sentence statement that read, “On June 7, 2021, at approximately 2226 hours [10:26 pm] I responded to 4147 Moselle Rd in Colleton County in reference to two gunshot victims found by the caller.”
Alex Murdaugh's 911 call came in at 10:07.
That's 19 long mins waiting for the first LE on the scene to arrive. That seems an extremely long wait after reporting two people shot...maybe reporting two people shot dead having determined that yourself.
Is Colleton County that large spread-out rural or that understaffed they took 19 mins to get there after AM called?
I underlined."The prosecutor, Duffie Stone, had worked under the last Murdaugh prosecutor and took over the office in 2006. He said in a statement this week that, to his knowledge, “there is no clear suspect” in the case and he suggested that he would not make a decision about recusing himself until there was one."
"No clear suspect", so does that mean there's a not so clear suspect within the evidence? After gathering prosecutable evidence on he/she, then if it's a Murdaugh Stone will recused himself?
It's all lawyer speak to me.
A Mother and Son Are Found Murdered, Deepening a Mystery in South Carolina
I’m posting this article because it demonstrates that the accusations of alleged Murdaugh favoritism and privilege…that may have fueled the motive for these murders…was not confined to social media.
When we discuss an airline crash, we cannot ignore the weather. This article reports the storm building in that area over two years ago.
The issue was no longer just gossip on FB pages…it entered the realm of professional reporting and opinion editorial with a wide reach in the area. The Island Packet for example is owned by the McClatchy group…which owns the following SC newspapers.
The Beaufort Gazette, Beaufort
The State, Columbia
The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island
The Sun News, Myrtle Beach
The Herald, Rock Hill
We have discussed that the pandemic caused legal backups that help explain why PM had not yet gone to trial. But PM also had his travel restriction removed in his favor during this time….which could only have reinforced the feelings of his ‘special handling’ compared to the average person. Two years had passed…and, in my opinion, faith in the justice system treating him as any other citizen might have been treated, was vastly depleted.
The impact of the public sentiment from this first case has not dissipated in my opinion. Hopefully LE is being scrupulous to remove anyone who ever moved anywhere within the M influence circles…far away from the case. It is imperative that the public have full confidence THIS time. This is why I feel it is puzzling that the Solicitor does not step aside….if for nothing more…than to reassure the people he serves.
The description of the interaction in court describes what drives public concern…today…in this now internationally followed case.
https://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/liz-farrell/article230068069.html
“Someone did not get the memo on how things “normally” proceed at the Beaufort County Courthouse.
That person would be the detention center guard, who on Monday — after Judge Steven John set Paul Murdaugh’s bond at $50,000 — mistakenly took that as a cue to do his job and came jingle-jangling over to young Murdaugh to cuff him and take him to jail, where, ostensibly, Murdaugh would have been booked, processed and released like all the non-Murdaughs are after they’ve been charged with three felony counts of boating under the influence in a fatal boat crash.
The guard walked up to Murdaugh with the assuredness of someone who has done this many times before ... almost, dare I say, “routinely.”
Murdaugh, who is 20, regarded the man with the type of assessment you might give a cater waiter who has a raging case of pink eye but is still offering you a canape off his tray.
Actually, that’s not a good characterization.
Murdaugh’s expression was more like, “Handcuffs? No, no. There’s been some sort of mix-up. I’m not here to be arrested. I’m here to be ‘arrested.’ Like the summer intern version of arrested.”
For a moment, he appeared to be terrified that life was about to break a certain way for him, that several generations of the history, wealth, influence and power baked into his DNA were about to crumble away and expose the gooey, undercooked, terrible-tasting middle.
But fear not, all he had to do was wait four more seconds.
That’s when South Carolina Attorney General’s Office prosecutor Megan Burchstead — who works for you, by the way, and who never once said the name “Mallory Beach” out loud nor made any solid subject-verb request on behalf of the state when it came to Murdaugh’s bond, though she did hint that his potential alcohol consumption might be a “concern” for society — came through for the child and shooed away the overzealous guard.
Can you imagine the thought of getting handcuffed when you’re arrested?
Yes, you can.”
I’d like to know if others facing the same charge were also afforded that opportunity. Or was their education, ability to fulfill work travel obligations affected in a quite different way.PM's travel restriction was likely removed so he could return to college in Columbia.
I’d like to know if others facing the same charge were also afforded that opportunity. Or was their education, ability to fulfill work travel obligations affected in a quite different way.
Because it’s disparity in the justice system from one person to the next that is the real issue.
I think you already know the answer to that question and it's been that way for generations.
I think you already know the answer to that question and it's been that way for generations.
The fault is not on the M's for using that power, the fault is on the system for letting them have that power.
I've got a question. Does Stone's office oversee all of Colleton County's prosecutors so ergo influence all investigations in that county?I’m posting this article because it demonstrates that the accusations of alleged Murdaugh favoritism and privilege…that may have fueled the motive for these murders…was not confined to social media.
When we discuss an airline crash, we cannot ignore the weather. This article reports the storm building in that area over two years ago.
The issue was no longer just gossip on FB pages…it entered the realm of professional reporting and opinion editorial with a wide reach in the area. The Island Packet for example is owned by the McClatchy group…which owns the following SC newspapers.
The Beaufort Gazette, Beaufort
The State, Columbia
The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island
The Sun News, Myrtle Beach
The Herald, Rock Hill
We have discussed that the pandemic caused legal backups that help explain why PM had not yet gone to trial. But PM also had his travel restriction removed in his favor during this time….which could only have reinforced the feelings of his ‘special handling’ compared to the average person. Two years had passed…and, in my opinion, faith in the justice system treating him as any other citizen might have been treated, was vastly depleted.
The impact of the public sentiment from this first case has not dissipated in my opinion. Hopefully LE is being scrupulous to remove anyone who ever moved anywhere within the M influence circles…far away from the case. It is imperative that the public have full confidence THIS time. This is why I feel it is puzzling that the Solicitor does not step aside….if for nothing more…than to reassure the people he serves.
The description of the interaction in court describes what drives public concern…today…in this now internationally followed case.
https://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/liz-farrell/article230068069.html
“Someone did not get the memo on how things “normally” proceed at the Beaufort County Courthouse.
That person would be the detention center guard, who on Monday — after Judge Steven John set Paul Murdaugh’s bond at $50,000 — mistakenly took that as a cue to do his job and came jingle-jangling over to young Murdaugh to cuff him and take him to jail, where, ostensibly, Murdaugh would have been booked, processed and released like all the non-Murdaughs are after they’ve been charged with three felony counts of boating under the influence in a fatal boat crash.
The guard walked up to Murdaugh with the assuredness of someone who has done this many times before ... almost, dare I say, “routinely.”
Murdaugh, who is 20, regarded the man with the type of assessment you might give a cater waiter who has a raging case of pink eye but is still offering you a canape off his tray.
Actually, that’s not a good characterization.
Murdaugh’s expression was more like, “Handcuffs? No, no. There’s been some sort of mix-up. I’m not here to be arrested. I’m here to be ‘arrested.’ Like the summer intern version of arrested.”
For a moment, he appeared to be terrified that life was about to break a certain way for him, that several generations of the history, wealth, influence and power baked into his DNA were about to crumble away and expose the gooey, undercooked, terrible-tasting middle.
But fear not, all he had to do was wait four more seconds.
That’s when South Carolina Attorney General’s Office prosecutor Megan Burchstead — who works for you, by the way, and who never once said the name “Mallory Beach” out loud nor made any solid subject-verb request on behalf of the state when it came to Murdaugh’s bond, though she did hint that his potential alcohol consumption might be a “concern” for society — came through for the child and shooed away the overzealous guard.
Can you imagine the thought of getting handcuffed when you’re arrested?
Yes, you can.”
The fault rests with both the Murdaughs and the, "System."
The Murdaugh family and family history has been entrenched in law and justice for 100 years. The fault for using that power inappropriately would land squarely on them and they should answer to the people, and to the court, for their actions.
As for the system, it is comprised of individuals who must answer for their own corruption and be held accountable for it.
Quite true. But norms in society change.
We recently watched “The Quiet Man” movie. Dragging one’s wife thru the fields, pushing her about…is not viewed with the same amused approval as when that film was made. We no longer are oblivious or amused by films with drunks driving home from parties….ha! ha! Too often it now makes us recall lives unnecessarily lost.
I do believe , in my opinion, that any disparity that exists in our justice system is no longer just passively accepted as ‘how things are done.’ I think we are seeing public pushback to what was just shrugged off as inevitable before.
I've got a question. Does Stone's office oversee all of Colleton County's prosecutors so ergo influence all investigations in that county?
Until the Murdaughs are charged with a crime, there is nothing to answer to. All we seem to have is a little judicial privilege afforded PM at this point.
If there is indeed a grand jury investigating, one would assume that there is substantially more than just ‘a little judicial privilege’ involved.
I think you already know the answer to that question and it's been that way for generations.
The fault is not on the M's for using that power, the fault is on the system for letting them have that power.