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Follow the six actions in order. The habeas petition is now pending in the South Carolina Supreme Court. Public support is needed immediately. The website never sends messages automatically. Every message is editable before use.
The petition is filed. The Court must now act.
A petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed on behalf of Christopher Woody on July 20, 2026. It is now pending in the South Carolina Supreme Court. The family is asking for immediate, lawful public support so the Court cannot delay or avoid the sworn allegation that a state employee or official with courtroom access entered the jury room during deliberations and told jurors something favoring conviction.
Learn the core facts
Please read the core facts and at least one supporting document before contacting anyone.
Choose whom to contact
Each opens the public directory. Filter by category once open.
Choose a specific request
For appellate defenders and attorneys
- Review the case.
- Consider representation.
- Advise on available remedies.
- Refer the family to qualified counsel.
- Examine the complete police, trial, appellate, and post-conviction record.
- Assess the jury-influence, counsel-waiver, police-statement, and record-integrity issues.
For innocence organizations and legal clinics
- Screen the case.
- Review the affidavits.
- Review the procedural history.
- Provide legal, student, or investigative assistance.
- Refer the family to an appropriate project or attorney.
For public officials
- Help identify an appropriate independent review process.
- Assist with constituent services.
- Help navigate state or federal agencies.
- Encourage lawful preservation of relevant records.
- Refer the matter to an appropriate legal, civil-rights, or oversight resource.
- Examine whether the equal-treatment concern deserves public attention.
Do not ask public officials to command a court to reach a predetermined decision.
For journalists
- Review the public evidence.
- Investigate the alleged jury-room intrusion.
- Examine the procedural history.
- Examine courthouse access and record integrity.
- Examine the institutional response.
- Compare the constitutional urgency applied in Murdaugh with the response in Woody.
For civil-rights, faith, and community leaders
- Read and responsibly share the case.
- Connect the family with legal and investigative resources.
- Request equal constitutional treatment.
- Support a lawful public forum, letter, referral, or press event.
- Encourage qualified people to review the evidence.
For investigators
- Examine who had access to the jury room.
- Identify courthouse personnel and procedures.
- Review trial and investigative records.
- Locate lawful, verifiable documentary evidence.
- Interview available witnesses through proper methods.
- Preserve findings for qualified legal review.
Prepare the message
Use the Outreach Toolkit to select a template (email, call, voicemail, DM, follow-up, thank-you), copy it, and open your own email or phone app. This website will never send messages on your behalf, and every template is editable before use.
Share responsibly
- Share the official case page:
https://woodycasereview.com - Download a one-page brief and public case packet from Documents.
- Print the case summary for a mailing or in-person meeting.
- Do not embellish sworn allegations. Do not identify jurors or witnesses.
Report a useful response
You may voluntarily let the family know that you contacted someone, received a referral or response, identified outdated contact information, or spotted a factual correction. Do not disclose the content of any private correspondence.
Please contact people respectfully, truthfully, and through their published professional channels. One clear, informed message is more effective than repeated calls, mass spam, harassment, threats, or unsupported accusations.