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Cup Of Justice

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-hostsMandy Matney and Liz Farrellinvite 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

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60:48

COJ #199 - 'Dearest Creighton': What Team Murdaugh...

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2026/10/06

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

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60:00

COJ #198 - Judge Mullen Faces the Music And The Dash...

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2026/09/29

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

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59:47

COJ #197 - Bitchy Footnotes, Bogus 'Proof' & a Time...

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2026/09/22

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ are joined by Beth Braden to break down another wild Friday of filings.First: Greg Parker's team fires off a 38-page response in the Beach case that mentions Mandy 27 times — complete with bitchy footnotes, italicized accusations of "targeted advocacy," and [sic]s for the crime of typing "yall" — proving once again that in South Carolina, the system punishes the people who call it out. Then, disturbing developments in the Mica

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66:02

COJ #196 - From Prosecutor to Fighting For Press...

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2026/09/15

Cups up to Katie Phang! The former prosecutor, trial attorney, and MSNBC anchor joins investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ for a conversation about what happens when you refuse to stay quiet.Katie opens up about the day her show was canceled, why she walked away from her network contract to build independent media on her own terms — and the landmark lawsuit she filed against the DOJ for illegally redacting and withholding the Epstein files. Plus: her mantra "truthful,

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57:42

COJ #195 - From Door-Kicker to Whistleblower: Former...

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2026/09/08

Barry Cooper was once among the top drug agents in Texas — the youngest on his task force, with more arrests than the 30 agents beside him. Then one raid changed everything, and he flipped, becoming the man behind “Never Get Busted” and the cop-busting stings that made him a target of the very system he once served.Joining investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ from his self-imposed exile in Vietnam, Barry pulls back the curtain on why cops really become cops, the “legal

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68:31

COJ 194 - @CivicSage Nory Boulton on the Power of...

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2026/09/01

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ welcome Nory Boulton — the Texas mom, public education advocate, and "accidental influencer" behind @CivicSage and who built over 350k+ followers from scratch — whose viral videos calling out billionaire Greg Parker reached Mandy at one of the loneliest moments of her legal battle.... all that and so much more.Nory shares how she went from PTA president to political powerhouse (fun fact: the video that got her pushed out of the PTA now

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65:12

Mr. Alex Campbell and Murder 101: The Documentary...

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2026/08/25

What happens when a high school sociology teacher hands his students a decades-old cold case instead of a textbook?Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ sit down with Alex Campbell — the Elizabethton, Tennessee high school teacher behind the Prime Video docuseries Murder 101 — whose classes have spent eight years working the Redhead Murders, a string of killings of women found along Southern highways in the 1980s and written off for decades, along with other true crime

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53:37

Attorney Noah Pines Discusses Alex Murdaugh’s Big...

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2026/08/18

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ sit down with bad-ass attorney Noah Pines for some much-needed grounding. Because things have been rough in these South Carolina legal streets lately, y’all!!!Noah — who is a longtime friend of LUNASHARK®— is a criminal defense attorney and partner at Ross and Pines LLC in Atlanta. He is perhaps best known for his work on the Joey Watkins case with The Georgia Innocence Project and as an on-air legal analyst for CourtTV. On today’s

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57:48

Grassroots Tyranny & Policing for Profit: Bill Maurer...

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2026/08/11

Mandy and Liz sit down with attorney Bill Maurer of the Institute for Justice to talk about what happens when public officials forget that their job is to abide by the constitution. Is there anything people can do to reclaim their rights (and the rights of everyone else)? And is the fight worth it?Yes and Yes. Still reeling from the uprecedented $176,500 sanction for contempt of court that Judge R. Keith Kelly imposed on investigative journalist ⁠⁠Mandy Matney last month, ⁠⁠Mandy and

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53:18

COJ #190 - The Corruption That Cost Lamonte McIntyre...

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2026/08/04

In 1994, 17-year-old Lamonte McIntyre was arrested hours after a double homicide in Kansas City, Kansas — a crime he had nothing to do with. There was no physical evidence and no real investigation. What there was: a detective with a grudge against Lamonte's mother, a prosecutor who apparently knew her witnesses were lying, and a judge allegedly "involved" with that prosecutor. Undoing all those wrongs took 23 years. This week, Investigative Journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ sit

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62:38

COJ #189 - How Did Spartanburg Police Describe the AC...

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2026/07/28

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ and producer of journalism David Moses are recording near Washington, D.C. for a special episode on an explosive FOIA returned from Spartanburg PD.First, David opens with gratitude for the listeners who requested a GoFundMe and refused to let Mandy stand alone. Then we’re examining the very relevant Spartanburg Police Report that Deborah Barbier filed claiming that a man stood up in the AC Hotel’s lobby area, photographed her, “kept

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58:38

COJ 188 - A Farewell to Eric Bland, But Cup’s Up To A...

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2026/07/21

After five amazing years in the fray together and 188 episodes, Eric Bland is stepping back from his role as Cup of Justice co-host — but don't call it goodbye.In this heartfelt and candid farewell, Eric explains his decision to refocus on his law practice, his public speaking career, and — most critically — his role as a legal advocate for Mandy as she navigates ongoing harassment and an outrageous sanction that denied her due process at every turn. Together, investigative journalists

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61:19

COJ #187 - Journalist Mandy Matney Ordered to Pay...

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2026/07/14

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ and attorney Eric Bland discuss the extraordinary $171,500 in attorneys' fees and costs assessed against Mandy for contempt of court. Judge R. Keith Kelly has ordered journalist Mandy Matney to pay $171,500 in attorney's fees and a $5,000 fine — for missing a deposition she sat for just days later. Ahem… Where Is GREGG ROMAN!?!?!? On a raw, unfiltered episode, the team breaks down a ruling that Eric — in 38 years of practicing

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49:42

COJ #186 - Contempt, Proposed Orders, So Many...

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2026/07/07

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ and attorney Eric Bland break down where the four-month contempt saga stands now that proposed orders are submitted and the decision rests with the judge. They unpack the bright spots: the deposition happened, it didn't delay the case, and how Greg Parker's team somehow claimed they needed two days for a deposition that was mostly Jim Bannister asking Mandy about things Liz allegedly said… And then they barely used any of Mandy and Liz

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63:04

COJ #185 - Contempt & Contraband: What's New & Old In...

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2026/06/30

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ and attorney Eric Bland analyze everything that went down when Mandy (and Eric) took the stand last week during the absurd contempt proceedings. Why did Parker's team show up with four partner-level attorneys, two binders, and zero affidavit? And why was Debbie Barbier demanding Luna Shark's private financials in open court — before any finding of contempt? Then... the Murdaugh retrial gets a no-nonsense new judge. Judge Debra

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62:59

COJ #184 - Did Dick Harpootlian Lose His Political...

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2026/06/16

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ and attorney Eric Bland unpack a stunning South Carolina primary: Jermaine Johnson's grassroots gubernatorial win, Nancy Mace's fifth-place collapse, Lindsey Graham's surprising vulnerability, and the AG race that exposed how trial lawyers really profit. Is Dick Harpootlian's reign as ‘kingmaker’ finally over?Then the team turns to the courts: the shocking not-guilty verdict in the Rick Chow shooting, Netflix's rushed new Murdaugh

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61:00

COJ #183 - No 'Reasonable Woman': When Surviving Is...

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2026/06/09

What happens when a woman survives the violence done to her — and the state punishes her for it? This week, Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ sit down with award-winning investigative journalist Justine van der Leun to talk about her new book, Unreasonable Women: Three Stories of Violence, Imprisonment, and Extraordinary Survival. Over seven years, Justine mailed surveys to more than ten thousand incarcerated women and uncovered a pattern she calls “criminalized

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63:53

COJ #182 - Troll Theories & ‘Tinkering’: Behind The...

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2026/06/02

We’re starting today with Mandy’s first-ever ODC complaint against a Horry County attorney named Bert von Herrmann who chose to post about her courtroom testimony with a misogynistic, body-shaming Facebook post — then shared a non-apology blaming bots, copying devices, and the "misuse of podcasts."Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ and attorney Eric Bland unpack why this isn't just one creep online, but part of a coordinated effort to threaten, litigate and berate

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54:39

COJ #181 - Dr. Jermaine Johnson on Cowards, Courage &...

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2026/05/26

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ were honored to sit down with Dr. Jermaine Johnson — basketball player turned state representative for parts of Kershaw & Richland Counties, now a candidate for governor of South Carolina. But this conversation isn’t really about a campaign or politics. It’s about our justice system, and the uncomfortable truth that South Carolina runs two of them: one for the powerful and well-connected, and one for everybody else. Jermaine has

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58:30

COJ #180 - A Tale of Two Subpoenas: Inside Mandy’s...

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2026/05/19

On Friday, Mandy took the stand in York for a civil contempt hearing that, by any measure, never should have happened — while the co-defendants actually trying to depose Gregg Roman (the nucleus of the Parker conspiracy case) had to beg the judge to even hear their motion. The contrast is staggering.Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ and attorney Eric Bland unpack what really went down in that courtroom: Meredith Bannon's surgical lawyering, Becky Lindahl's compelling

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