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“Camp Swamp Road from The Journal”

Excellence in Audio Storytelling

Spotify Studios and The Wall Street Journal, 2026

Author(s): Staff

A fatal shooting in rural South Carolina was ruled a clear-cut Stand Your Ground case. But secret recordings reveal a far more complicated story, raising serious questions about the shooter’s self-defense claim and uncovering how police actions helped clear his name.