Seriously the computer reading the article????? It sucks. BTW what ever happened with Sen Tom Davis’ drunk charge. Did the lawyer legislator electing judicial system work for him?????
Carla, sorry to disappoint but Judge Newman has a terrible track record of leniency and cowtowing to lawyer legislators. If you get a chance peruse some of his past cases. The Murdaugh case is an anomaly and that’s only because he was in the national spotlight.
Way too much oily genuflecting on the part of Will Folks vis-a-vis Judge Newman. Is it motivated by the ethnicity of the judge? I would imagine so. Judge Newman did pretty well up until the sentencing, when he presumed to admonish Alex for the fact that his forbears had in that courtroom harshly sentenced many offenders. What do Alex’s “antecedents’ ” presumed wrong-doing have to do with Alex and his misdeeds? Shades and hints of reparational-thinking on the part of Judge Newman.
Marzette Bedford-Billinghurst Top fanMarch 9, 2023 at 10:38 am
Nancy you sound like you belong to the camp of take slavery out of the books. We didn’t do it and it makes us look bad. What does race have to do with Judge Newman’s presiding over this case? The judge admonished Alex himself (and yes Daddy is culpable) for sending people to death row for lesser crimes. Harshly sentenced? Shades and hints of denying history on your part.
Wow. Nancy Bryson, you may be unaware of how bigoted your whole comment is, but it’s fairly repulsive, overall.
I want to thank the author for this piece. I too, viewed this exchange between senators and felt like I needed a shower. How smarmy. And of course, Campsen is up for reelection soon.
Judicial reform is very obviously needed and has been the case for decades.
Ok, so Nancy could be right about one thing. I think there was too much treatment of the judge as a celebrity. As for the comments “Shades and hints of reparational-thinking” I think the comments at sentencing were more symptomatic of a system caught with its pants down and avoid serious review by the general public. It was designed to say that look we took care of a bad apple, nothing to worry about here. The case against Murdaugh was circumstantial, as the prosecution said, and without his testimony my opinion is there would have been a hung jury. Murdaugh’s testimony, did him no good, but proved beyond and the preclusion of any doubt that the state’s judicial system has serious systemic flaws. But sides of that court room are doing there level best to convince you otherwise.
I thought Harpootlian was a terrible lawyer. The entire country cringed as he stumbled, bumbled, and fell around the courtroom. Griffin was a little better, but neither offered up a compelling defense. As far as Campsen and the hoolititians go; as time goes by more and more people will be moving into Carolina that could change the political makeup. If not, it will remain a system run by the few people who go out and vote. There’s enough unregistered and nonvoters in every district to swing an election. The person who does the work to get these votes can make a difference. Otherwise, status quo.
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If only Judge Newman were the rule rather than the exception!
Seriously the computer reading the article????? It sucks. BTW what ever happened with Sen Tom Davis’ drunk charge. Did the lawyer legislator electing judicial system work for him?????
Carla, sorry to disappoint but Judge Newman has a terrible track record of leniency and cowtowing to lawyer legislators. If you get a chance peruse some of his past cases. The Murdaugh case is an anomaly and that’s only because he was in the national spotlight.
Yep.
Thank goodness you’re back uncovering these parasites again! Nail them to the wall!
Way too much oily genuflecting on the part of Will Folks vis-a-vis Judge Newman. Is it motivated by the ethnicity of the judge? I would imagine so. Judge Newman did pretty well up until the sentencing, when he presumed to admonish Alex for the fact that his forbears had in that courtroom harshly sentenced many offenders. What do Alex’s “antecedents’ ” presumed wrong-doing have to do with Alex and his misdeeds? Shades and hints of reparational-thinking on the part of Judge Newman.
Nancy you sound like you belong to the camp of take slavery out of the books. We didn’t do it and it makes us look bad. What does race have to do with Judge Newman’s presiding over this case? The judge admonished Alex himself (and yes Daddy is culpable) for sending people to death row for lesser crimes. Harshly sentenced? Shades and hints of denying history on your part.
Wow. Nancy Bryson, you may be unaware of how bigoted your whole comment is, but it’s fairly repulsive, overall.
I want to thank the author for this piece. I too, viewed this exchange between senators and felt like I needed a shower. How smarmy. And of course, Campsen is up for reelection soon.
Judicial reform is very obviously needed and has been the case for decades.
No worries anyway. House Judiciary Chairman Weston Newton isn’t allowing judicial reform to be taken up anyway.
Ok, so Nancy could be right about one thing. I think there was too much treatment of the judge as a celebrity. As for the comments “Shades and hints of reparational-thinking” I think the comments at sentencing were more symptomatic of a system caught with its pants down and avoid serious review by the general public. It was designed to say that look we took care of a bad apple, nothing to worry about here. The case against Murdaugh was circumstantial, as the prosecution said, and without his testimony my opinion is there would have been a hung jury. Murdaugh’s testimony, did him no good, but proved beyond and the preclusion of any doubt that the state’s judicial system has serious systemic flaws. But sides of that court room are doing there level best to convince you otherwise.
Chip Campsen will never get my vote again. And yeah I live in his district. Boycott Ft Sumter Tours too!
I thought Harpootlian was a terrible lawyer. The entire country cringed as he stumbled, bumbled, and fell around the courtroom. Griffin was a little better, but neither offered up a compelling defense. As far as Campsen and the hoolititians go; as time goes by more and more people will be moving into Carolina that could change the political makeup. If not, it will remain a system run by the few people who go out and vote. There’s enough unregistered and nonvoters in every district to swing an election. The person who does the work to get these votes can make a difference. Otherwise, status quo.