Alex Murdaugh Retrial
Pretrial motions — retrial April 2027, venue county still unnamed
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supports: the evidence that wasn't
explains: why the defense won't take SLED's word
supports: an unidentified man
supports: no forensics on him
contested: SLED says no match
explains: why Colleton is out
explains: process, not proof
contradicts: a do-over, not a dismissal
supports: sworn, on the record
supports: the admission they want
supports: squarely about the deaths
explains: what pushed him to the stand
contested: tainted trigger, defense says
explains: the coverage that filled the pool
Whose DNA was under Maggie
Murdaugh's fingernails?
The big one: should there be a
second trial at all?
Where do you find 12 South
Carolinians who haven't
decided?
Can the jury hear him testify
without him taking the stand?
The bloody shirt that had no
blood on it
An unidentified man's DNA
under her fingernails
The court clerk who told the
jury what to think
No murder weapons, and nothing
on his clothes
A rifle in someone else's
killing? Contested.
He already told a jury his
story, under oath
The motive theory: $8.5
million and the walls closing
in
He admitted lying about where
he was that night
What the Supreme Court did NOT
say
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