When
a
judge
who
was
already
receiving
death
threats
had
her
home
go
up
in
flames
a
day
after
a
Stephen
Miller
tweet
targeted
judges,
there
were
understandable
suspicions
of
foul
play.
Law
enforcement
has
since
launched
an
investigation
into
the
fire
and
their
current
findings
do
not
suggest
foul
play.
Bloomberg
Law
has
coverage:
South
Carolina
law
enforcement
officials
say
as
of
Monday
there’s
no
evidence
that
someone
intentionally
set
the
home
of
a
state
court
judge
on
fire.
…
Mark
Keel,
chief
of
the
South
Carolina
Law
Enforcement
Division
(SLED),
said
in
a
Monday
statement
that
agents
“have
preliminarily
found
there
is
no
evidence
to
support
a
pre-fire
explosion.”
He
said
the
investigation
is
ongoing.
That
is
great
to
hear
—
it
isn’t
like
people
should
want
there
to
be
proof
of
foul
play
—
but
it
will
still
be
important
to
keep
an
eye
out
for
anything
that
doesn’t
look
right.
The
investigation
is
still
under
way;
findings
may
change
the
department’s
stance
on
what
happened.
As
important
as
it
is
to
be
thorough,
if
the
division
finds
out
that
the
likely
culprit
was
probably
a
faulty
outlet
or
an
unattended
cigarette,
the
sooner
the
public
knows
the
better.
Even
without
knowing
the
ultimate
cause,
having
your
house
go
up
in
flames
is
a
jarring
thing
to
live
through.
Wishing
the
best
to
Judge
Goodstein
and
her
family
as
they
wait
for
more
information
on
what
happened.
No
Evidence
State
Judge’s
Home
Was
Intentionally
Set
on
Fire
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June
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endured
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long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
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former
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in
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and
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