FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and researcher Jenn Wood break down this week's biggest stories ahead of South Carolina's June 9 partisan primary.

As first reported on FITSNews.com -- The interplay between election year politics and the Alex Murdaugh retrial, the suspiciously timed death of political operative Chris Slick and allegations of a "corrupt bargain" shadowing Trump's endorsement for South Carolina governor.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Bracing for a Chaotic Partisan Primary
1:06 - Election Politics v. Murdaugh Retrial
8:07 - A Political Operative's Mysterious Death in Belize
15:15 - Trump endorsement fuels speculation of "corrupt bargain"
21:10 - Polls, Candidates, Dropouts and Greenbacks

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FITSNews' Will Folks and Jenn Wood weigh in on whether formerly convicted, now-accused killer Alex Murdaugh deserves the death penalty -- with Wood sitting down individually with attorney Phillip Barber and novelist James Lasdun to revisit the case.

Also this week: Clemson University inherits a DEI problem while simultaneously grappling with billion-dollar woes. Plus, South Carolina strikes down Trump's redistricting push.

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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Chapters:
0:00 - The Groundwork
0:51 - South Carolina Bucks Trump on Redistricting
4:08 - Clemson University’s DEI Controversy and Billion-Dollar Woes
10:16 - Does Alex Murdaugh Deserve the Death Penalty?
16:58 - Murdaugh’s Case Re-examined with Attorney Phillip Barber and Novelist James Lasdun

As the second trial of accused killer Alex Murdaugh takes shape, FITSNews.com founder Will Folks sat down with S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson and lead prosecutor Creighton Waters -- the two men who secured his first convictions and who must now convince another jury he killed his wife and younger son after the S.C. Supreme Court reversed the original verdicts.

Filmed inside the S.C. Attorney General's Office in Columbia, S.C., Wilson and Waters discuss the challenges awaiting them as they prepare for what many are calling the Retrial of the Century.

Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys, Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, sit down with FITSNews.com founder Will Folks in the wake of Murdaugh's bombshell murder convictions being overturned by the S.C. Supreme Court. The attorneys discuss what it took to get here and what comes next for their high-profile client.

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South Carolina's Supreme Court unanimously and emphatically overturned Alex Murdaugh's double homicide convictions, concluding that Colleton County clerk of court Becky Hill "placed her fingers on the scales of justice."

FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and research director Jenn Wood break down the court's landmark decision and what it means for the future of South Carolina's most high-profile murder case.

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FITSNews' Week in Review returns with a vengeance. Founding editor Will Folks and research director Jenn Wood break down the latest developments in the Alex Murdaugh appeal, with a decision from the S.C. Supreme Court now imminent.

What happens if the justices -- as widely expected -- reverse Murdaugh's convictions and remand his case back to the circuit court? FITSNews.com has answers, while Will has some blunt words for the powerful interests who have sought to intimidate this news outlet into backing away from the inconvenient truths at the heart of this case.

Will also sat down with FITSNews chief photographer and researcher Andrew Fancher to discuss the long-awaited sentencing date announcement in the federal case against former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright. Fancher also previewed Devil's Right Hand, an investigative series into the disgraced former lawman.

Also on this week's program: an update in the mysterious death of Daniel Reed “DJ” Smith, whose body was found on a remote stretch of railroad tracks nearly seven years ago.

Chapters:

0:00 — Back With a Vengeance

1:12 — Alex Murdaugh's Appeal & the Pressure Campaign Against FITSNews

19:37 — A Body on the Tracks and an Official Story Under Fire in Civil Court

30:40 — Disgraced Former Sheriff Chuck Wright Gets a Federal Sentencing Date

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February featured significant developments in multiple stories FITSNews has been tracking for years.

We reported on three major legal proceedings this month: Alex Murdaugh’s appeal before the S.C. Supreme Court, the Scott Spivey civil stand your ground hearing – which concluded in a ruling against defendant Weldon Boyd, and the quadruple murder trial which this afternoon resulted in a guilty verdict against defendant Amy Vilardi.

We’d be remiss if we didn’t also discuss our Andrew Fancher’s multiple exclusive reports on disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein’s South Carolina ties.

Fancher also has delivered his latest installment in the Chuck Wright saga, which has chronicled the downfall of Spartanburg County’s former sheriff.

The largest political publication in America penned a sprawling feature story about U.S. congresswoman Nancy Mace focusing on her personal and political evolution. The piece pulls together themes we’ve been discussing for months and features an attention to detail rarely seen in 21st century journalism.

Finally, two of the Palmetto State’s top political troublemakers, state representative Joe White and first circuit solicitor and attorney general candidate David Pascoe stirred the pot at the S.C. State House by taking aim at the Palmetto State’s sole statue of limitations, one that imposes a four year time limit on the prosecution of public corruption.