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Union County murder case echoes Southern novel intrigue
In Union South Carolina a judge's courtroom drama unfolds as Susan Smith is convicted of drowning her two young sons after a web of relationships ties her to town leaders, a carjacking tale collapses, and the case becomes a real life saga likened to Faulkner. The sentencing phase starts amid townspeople calling it both soap opera and classic literature.
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Union, S.C
Leuson Smith
Josephine Davis
Union County
Union
Anna Harris
Alex
Bill Ferris
Center For the Study of Southern Culture
University of Mississippi
William Faulkner
Ferris
Juliaette Kerhulas
Susan Smith
Kerhulas
Smith
Howard Wells
David Smith
Beverly Russell
Soliton
Tommy Pope
Susan Ors
Regalary
Beni Caliente
William Howard
of Defense
Avid Bruck
Avid Bruck, the Request Lawyer da Sty 10
Susan Sit
Sat