I have yet to figure out why this murder trial is worthy of national attention.......................
Seriously. A local WBT radio talk show guy is completely absorbed by this garbage and talks relentlessly about it. Then, you get the callers that offer scenarios that involve everybody from the Clintons to space aliens. Gagghh! “DUDE! Please go back to discussing how rotten the Left is.”
People are interested in serial killers, generally. Plus this guy was a politically visible Democrat, so there’s a public interest angle from that as well.
I think several of reasons
1. Being accused of murdering your wife and son is certainly a sensational story (although in the worst of ways).
2. This is a famous/infamous family that has held sway over Colleton County for generations.
3. This guy was a lawyer himself who’s life was in a death spiral at the same time of the murders. Owing millions to banks and others leading to disbarment as a lawyer and removed from his law firm.
4. People just seem to get dead around this family. e.g. housekeeper Gloria Satterfield and oldest son Busters friend Stephen Smith.
Both of which died under suspicious circumstances.
This mess is like a train wreck, it’s ugly but many can’t quit watching.
Lol, really?