Valerie Bauerlein

They've agreed to hear it, even though it seems unlikely they will overturn their own special request. the person that they trusted with this decision. And then also they're very close allies with Judge Newman, who presided over the initial proceeding. He's very tight with the Chief Justice Don Beatty. So I spoke with Dick. I saw him recently in Columbia, Dick Harpootlian, and they see their best

chance at a new trial at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, just a little bit further removed from South Carolina, which is such a small state, and getting fresh years at this idea of not just did Becky Hill say things to the jurors that were prejudicial, but also did the state apply the wrong standard? And it was a degree, it's a measure of degrees.

chance at a new trial at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, just a little bit further removed from South Carolina, which is such a small state, and getting fresh years at this idea of not just did Becky Hill say things to the jurors that were prejudicial, but also did the state apply the wrong standard? And it was a degree, it's a measure of degrees.

chance at a new trial at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, just a little bit further removed from South Carolina, which is such a small state, and getting fresh years at this idea of not just did Becky Hill say things to the jurors that were prejudicial, but also did the state apply the wrong standard? And it was a degree, it's a measure of degrees.

Like, yes, we acknowledge that she talked with a jury, but did it did it move the needle? And so what they hope is that the federal court will apply a different standard.

Like, yes, we acknowledge that she talked with a jury, but did it did it move the needle? And so what they hope is that the federal court will apply a different standard.

Like, yes, we acknowledge that she talked with a jury, but did it did it move the needle? And so what they hope is that the federal court will apply a different standard.

Justice Toll, I will say, was – I'm sorry. She's just such an extraordinary figure in South Carolina history. I used to cover South Carolina politics when I was a reporter at the state newspaper in Columbia, and she was the chief justice at the time, former speaker of the House. She's been in public life there for 60 years.

Justice Toll, I will say, was – I'm sorry. She's just such an extraordinary figure in South Carolina history. I used to cover South Carolina politics when I was a reporter at the state newspaper in Columbia, and she was the chief justice at the time, former speaker of the House. She's been in public life there for 60 years.

Justice Toll, I will say, was – I'm sorry. She's just such an extraordinary figure in South Carolina history. I used to cover South Carolina politics when I was a reporter at the state newspaper in Columbia, and she was the chief justice at the time, former speaker of the House. She's been in public life there for 60 years.

And came, was a young lawyer, and this is so extraordinary to me, was a young lawyer in a time when women weren't even allowed to serve in a jury until 1968. Wow. And so she was, yeah, she was talking to all male juries.

And came, was a young lawyer, and this is so extraordinary to me, was a young lawyer in a time when women weren't even allowed to serve in a jury until 1968. Wow. And so she was, yeah, she was talking to all male juries.

And came, was a young lawyer, and this is so extraordinary to me, was a young lawyer in a time when women weren't even allowed to serve in a jury until 1968. Wow. And so she was, yeah, she was talking to all male juries.

She would love to hear you say that. And she knew the Murdoch. She knew the Murdoch. And she had actually, both in the legislature, I talked with her about this, both in the legislature and on the bench, had pushed for laws that would kind of... claw back some of the power that they were using, you know, inappropriately in her view. So she knew the Murdochs quite well over the course of decades.

She would love to hear you say that. And she knew the Murdoch. She knew the Murdoch. And she had actually, both in the legislature, I talked with her about this, both in the legislature and on the bench, had pushed for laws that would kind of... claw back some of the power that they were using, you know, inappropriately in her view. So she knew the Murdochs quite well over the course of decades.

She would love to hear you say that. And she knew the Murdoch. She knew the Murdoch. And she had actually, both in the legislature, I talked with her about this, both in the legislature and on the bench, had pushed for laws that would kind of... claw back some of the power that they were using, you know, inappropriately in her view. So she knew the Murdochs quite well over the course of decades.

You know, it is. I think it's if you're not from a small town in the rural south, maybe it just it it boggles the mind. But her son was the information technology director for the county. And that was, you know, it's a. She's an elected official, but she's also politically powerful, and some of those jobs are patronage jobs.

You know, it is. I think it's if you're not from a small town in the rural south, maybe it just it it boggles the mind. But her son was the information technology director for the county. And that was, you know, it's a. She's an elected official, but she's also politically powerful, and some of those jobs are patronage jobs.

You know, it is. I think it's if you're not from a small town in the rural south, maybe it just it it boggles the mind. But her son was the information technology director for the county. And that was, you know, it's a. She's an elected official, but she's also politically powerful, and some of those jobs are patronage jobs.

And he was in that role and is accused of tapping the phone of an county administrator that was communicating with the state ethics board to try to find out what was going on in the investigation with his mother. There were all sorts of wiping the phone, which the lawyers will tell you is a fairly standard procedure. move in some defense cases, but it looked highly irregular to a lay person.