Alex Murdaugh Returns to Court for Retrial Hearing After Convictions Overturned
The hearing will set deadlines for evidence exchange and other pretrial issues as defense lawyers seek new evidence and venue changes.
- On Monday, Alex Murdaugh appeared in Lexington County court for a status conference, marking his first court appearance since the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his 2023 murder convictions last month.
- The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh's life sentence after former court clerk Becky Hill pleaded guilty to trial interference; justices ruled financial testimony regarding his crimes unfairly prejudiced the jury.
- Defense attorneys filed motions Wednesday seeking independent DNA analysis of evidence found on Maggie Murdaugh using Othram, Inc., and requested moving the case from the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.
- Judge Debra R. McCaslin will oversee the hearing to establish evidence-exchange deadlines between defense and prosecution and determine dates for future hearings and the potential retrial.
- Dozens of media outlets are gathering at the Lexington County courthouse to chronicle the proceedings, while Murdaugh remains incarcerated serving a 40-year federal sentence and a 27-year state sentence for financial crimes.
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Alex Murdaugh in court after double murder conviction is overturned
It was the so-called “trial of the Century” in South Carolina. And now, for the first time after the state’s supreme court tossed out Alex Murdaugh’s double murder conviction, he’s back in the courtroom setting the state for a retrial. NBC News’ Aaron Gilchrest was there.
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Alex Murdaugh was back in court Monday on charges he killed his wife and son, appearing silently at a pretrial hearing that was mostly short on substance but long on spectacle as the true crime sensation continues to captivate.Murdaughs murder convictions and sentence of life in prison were overturned last month by the South Carolina Supreme Court. On Monday, a new judge laid out a timeline for hearings and set the retrial to start April 5. She …
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