COJ #23 Justice for Stephen Smith: We’re Finally Moving In the Right Direction

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🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Well, y’all, this was a BIG week. Right after our last Cup of Justice episode was published, Eric’s law firm Bland Richter announced they will be representing Sandy Smith in her mission to finally get answers about Stephen’s death. Within a day of announcing this partnership, SLED chief Mark Keel called Eric and told him that his agency believes that Stephen was NOT hit by a car but rather was murdered and that SLED is devoting more resources to finding out who killed Stephen. I cannot express how emotional and bittersweet it has been this past week. I’m so happy for Sandy, Stephanie, the Smith family and everyone who knew and loved Stephen in that they finally have a fighting chance at getting some answers. But this took FAR TOO LONG. No family should have to work this hard to get law enforcement to acknowledge the truth about how their loved one died. Now that we’re here, though, we’re ready to see some much-deserved JUSTICE for Stephen Smith. So lets get into it... We'd like to thank Better Help for sponsoring this episode. And a big shout out to Rabia and Ellyn Solve the Case - Mandy recently sat down with this amazing duo and we'll be sharing parts of that interview with the COJ audience soon. We all want to drink from the same Cup Of Justice — and it starts with learning about our legal system. What questions do y’all have for us? Email info@lunasharkmedia.com and we'll do our best to answer your questions in these bonus episodes. Find us on social media: Twitter.com/mandymatney - Twitter.com/elizfarrell - Twitter.com/theericbland https://www.facebook.com/cupofjustice/ YouTube Support Our Podcast: http://bit.ly/3j9DA27 *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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, cups up Eric, you look very comfy right now. I think I don't know. Are you comfy?
0:14.5	Cups up, BB in the house. I am comfy. I just got done really excited about a lot of
0:21.0	Sandy and Steven Smith this week and just finished participating in a documentary for
0:26.4	Steven with CBS News and you know one thing I was saying to David is the focus is on Steven
0:33.5	right now which is so unique because over the past two years and you guys have been doing
0:40.8	it much longer than me but Steven's always been like one fifth of the cake. So if there
0:47.5	was a story, a documentary, Steven was one fifth of it. There was the boating accident.
0:52.8	There was the murder. There was glorious satir field and you know another piece. But all
0:58.3	that's done. You know Alex is Alex. He's in jail and we'll have those stories you know pop up
1:05.0	when the next trial is scheduled and we'll talk about Alex and glorious case is done. The
1:11.3	financial crime cases will be when they come up. So this is a time when it's just about
1:17.6	Steven and it's kind of nice and they're doing a special just on Steven. That's great. And
1:24.8	you know again you know I talked about it earlier in the week but for you two keeping it to the
1:30.2	forefront, I'm not sure it would have been one fifth of the cake for the last three years.
1:35.6	Well I think that's awesome. It's about time that Steven gets the spotlight so I'm happy to see
1:43.2	it. One of the questions that we have is what do you think is going to be needed for this case
1:48.2	to crack wide open? You announced on Tuesday that this case is now considered a homicide and not
1:55.5	a hit and run. It's going to be investigated as a homicide. Maybe let's just start by talking
2:01.0	about why that's important. Not just from the perspective of this is something that Sandy's
2:06.6	family has wanted for a long time but from the perspective of how this case gets investigated
2:11.8	from this point forward. The burden now is on the state. For Chief Keele to come out and say it's
2:17.5	the official position of the state that this was a homicide and that Steven was intentionally killed
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