Cup Of Justice
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We all want to drink from the same Cup of Justice... and it starts with learning about our legal system.
With tales from the newsroom and the courtroom, co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell invite you to gain knowledge, insight, and tools to hold public agencies and officials accountable. Beginning as bonus episodes to the Murdaugh Murders Podcast with analysis of the trials of Alex Murdaugh and co-conspirators, Cup of Justice launched as its own show in January of 2023 and debuted at #1 on Apple its very first day and continues to be a top rated pod globally.
Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell from the #1 global hit True Sunlight (formerly Murdaugh Murders Podcast) take a hard look at everything from the state of news to important cases around the world.
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Mandy and Liz are two of the most driven and talented investigative journalists who are revolutionizing how news is derived and delivered. Join them as they pull at threads and chase down leads to get the story straight.
THE LAW Our first 192 episodes welcomed the expertise of
and everyone’s favorite attorney and Co-Host Emeritus Eric Bland, and now with talented guests from around the globe we empower listeners to understand their legal system in an entertaining format while providing tools to hold agencies and public figures accountable in order to give voice to victims and change those systems for the better.
JUSTICE SYSTEMS We know that our justice systems are intimidating, but we will all encounter it at one point. Together, our hosts create the perfect trifecta of legal expertise, journalistic integrity and a fire lit to expose the truth wherever it leads.
Learn more about our hosts and mission at http://CupofJusticePod.com
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*The views expressed on the Cup of Justice bonus episodes do not constitute legal advice. Listeners desiring legal advice for any particular legal matter are urged to consult an attorney of their choosing who can provide legal advice based upon a full understanding of the facts and circumstances of their claim. The views expressed on the Cup of Justice episodes also do not express the views or opinions of Bland Richter, LLP, or its attorneys.
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Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell welcome back attorney Mandy Powers Norrell for an episode that opens in 1925 — when women were jailed for wearing pants, by an officer named Police Chief Matney (no relation... probably) — and lands squarely on this week's ballot.
The trio talk straight-ticket voting and how it ends good lawmakers' careers, why campaigns aim at your reptile brain the closer Election Day gets, and what voting looks like in states that actually want you to do it. Then MPN takes us inside her work prosecuting domestic violence: why most victims don't want their cases prosecuted, how "justice is my client" changes everything, the hearsay exceptions that let cases move forward anyway — and the divorce laws that trap women for a year in marriages they're desperate to leave.
Plus: the addiction framework that actually helps people break free. Please Vote…
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Domestic Violence Resources
National Domestic Violence Hotline or call 800-799-SAFE or text START to 88788
Office of Violence Against Women’s Resource for Victims & Survivors
RAINN & How to Support a Loved One
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Episode References
“Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free” by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
“Turning Compassion Into Action: A Lifelong Fight to Protect Children - Q&A with Mandy Powers Norrell” - Aspen Institute 📰
Straight Party Voting in South Carolina ⚖️
“Peru Election Dry Law Starts Saturday With Alcohol Ban” - The Rio Times, Oct 2, 2026 📰
“S.C. senator to reintroduce ‘Mica’s Law’ targeting coercive control” - WRDW, June 30, 2026 📰
Learn more about NOMO app 📲
Dive #7 - Red Flags on Divorce And Challenging Flaws in Legislation 🎧
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell and Atlanta attorney Noah Pines break down the hearing that reset the Murdaugh retrial.
First: why motions to compel barely exist in criminal court — the state is already compelled, constitutionally and statutorily — and why this pile of them looks like Dick asking Creighton to build his trial notebook for him.
Then the demolition of the Cowboys theory in one sentence: if any of it were true, Alex already knows it — and he testified to none of it. Noah weighs in on the man Dick named in open court (though the public record tells a different story), what a cooperation plea really holds over a person, how a lawyer should respond to a judge’s dressing-down — and perhaps why Dick didn’t.
Plus: the DNA ruling’s hidden logic (“if you never hear the results, we all know what that means”), the Eddie Smith problem, and the value of a ‘Bad Reputation’.
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Episode References
Judge McCaslin’s “This is a court of justice. And candor with the court is NOT OPTIONAL” speech 🌐
“'Like a brother:' Eddie Smith recalls relationship with Murdaugh as both face charges” - ABC 4 News, updated Oct 13, 2021 📰
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Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are joined by US Senate Candidate Dr. Annie Andrews, the pediatrician running in the wildest U.S. Senate race in South Carolina history.
Annie takes us inside the whirlwind — a sitting senator’s untimely passing, a sister appointed to his seat, one 60-minute debate — and makes her closing argument on the issues the other side won’t touch: gas and grocery prices, rural hospitals, data centers steamrolling communities, and passing gun laws so fewer kids end up with bullet wounds.
Learn more about why Dr. Annie Andrews is running for US Senate 👩⚕️
Follow Annie’s story on your favorite social media platform: Facebook, Instagram, Threads, or TikTok 🌐
Early voting runs through Halloween. Election Day is November 3.
☕ Cups Up to 200 episodes, y’all! ⚖️
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Episode References
Find out how to vote early in SC and how to check your voter registration 🗳️
Watch “Republican Dad” on Annie’s YouTube Channel 🎞️
Data Center Darline - “We have to have data centers.” 🌐
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
LUNASHARK Premium on Patreon get access to all new bonus episodes, video episodes, case files, live trial coverage and exclusive live experiences with our hosts.
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Mandy Matney on Instagram | Liz Farrell on Instagram
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Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are joined by attorney Mandy Powers Norrell as the Greg Alexander story gets stranger. Joe McCulloch tells Court TV he's never met the client he's representing before the state grand jury.
Team Murdaugh's motion outs the alleged tipster — a municipal judge with her own Murdaugh family ties, per Swamp King — and may have named the wrong law enforcement witness entirely.
MPN breaks down the defense's real playbook: pick, pick, pick until you find a Colucci-sized discovery violation, with the same SLED agent in the middle of both cases.
Plus: what SC law actually says about grand jury secrecy, why John Marvin's farm-truck route still doesn't add up to a prosecutor's eye, Dick Harpootlian's "dearest Creighton" letterhead era, his Pee Wee Gaskins audiobook, and the confidence drip we all need — rebranded, for obvious reasons.
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Episode References
Matter of Municipal Court Judge Sheryl Polk McKinney (S.C. 2011) Decided: August 8, 2011 - Justia 2011
“Murdaugh defense asks state to release more details on alleged murder weapon” - ABC News 4, Oct 1, 2026 📰
American Bar Association's Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients ⚖️
SC Code of Laws: Grand jury proceedings as secret - Section 14-7-1720 ⚖️
Alex Murdaugh’s next status conference: Friday, Oct 16, 2026 at 10am 📅
Premium Episode References
Alex Murdaugh’s Motion to Compel Production of DNA & Ballistic Evidence - Sept 18, 2026 📄
Alex Murdaugh’s Motion to Compel Production of Cellphone Files - Sept 28, 2026 📄
Alex Murdaugh’s Motion to Compel Disclosure of Murder Weapon Disposal Evidence - Sept 30, 2026 📄
Previous Episode: Catch up on Mandy Powers Norrell’s previous appearances in COJ 78 & 177 plus WIL Hawaii 🎧
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
LUNASHARK Premium on Patreon get access to all new bonus episodes, video episodes, case files, live trial coverage and exclusive live experiences with our hosts.
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Mandy Matney on Instagram | Liz Farrell on Instagram
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Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are again joined by Atlanta attorney Noah Pines for a rare glimmer of accountability in South Carolina: Judge Carmen Mullen is finally headed to a public disciplinary hearing — not over the Satterfield settlement, but over the night she was recorded trying to get a deputy to arrest a man for the crime of being weird in his own home.
Mandy, Liz, and Noah break down the dash-cam audio, how the ODC process works, and why Georgia's "Grim Reaper" cleans up its bench while South Carolina's judges cling to power.
Then: reports that the state grand jury is looking at Yemassee Police Chief Greg Alexander in connection with the Murdaugh murder weapons — plus the $5,000 check Alex Murdaugh wrote him two weeks after the murders, and the greatest denial in Lowcountry history: "I ain't no cat. I don't cover up no doo doo."
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Episode References
American Bar Association’s Center for Professional Responsibility ⚖️
Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia ⚖️
“Rare open discipline hearing to put spotlight on actions of an SC judge” - The State, updated Sept 26, 2026 📰
“Pair of Lowcountry cops investigated for allegedly handling missing Murdaugh murder weapons” - The Post and Courier, Sept 27, 2026 📰
Yemassee, SC Census Data 📋
Previous Episode: Listen to Noah Pines on COJ 65 & 192 🎧
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
LUNASHARK Premium on Patreon get access to all new bonus episodes, video episodes, case files, live trial coverage and exclusive live experiences with our hosts.
Luna Shark Merch With a Mission shop at lunasharkmerch.com/
Support Our Show, Sponsors and Mission: https://lunasharkmedia.com/support/
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Find us on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/cupofjustice/ | https://www.instagram.com/cojpod/
Mandy Matney on Instagram | Liz Farrell on Instagram
YouTube | TIKTOK
*** Alert: If you ever notice audio errors in the pod, email [email protected] and we'll send fun merch to the first listener that finds something that needs to be adjusted! ***
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