Judge advances motions ahead of Murdaugh retrial
Judge Debra McCaslin moved quickly through a range of motions ahead of Alex Murdaugh’s April 2027 retrial, addressing venue, DNA testing, polygraph admissibility and the use of prior testimony. She ordered the retrial moved out of Colleton County and the entire fourteenth judicial circuit and said she will select a new county from several candidates. McCaslin allowed independent-lab testing of unknown male DNA found under Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails, ruled prior trial testimony admissible, barred polygraph discussion, and left unresolved motions on dismissing indictments and alleged blood-spatter fabrication, which she will hear at a later conference.
Judge allowed independent testing of unknown male DNA found under fingernails.
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Murdaugh was convicted in 2023 but the state supreme court overturned those convictions because a court clerk improperly interfered. This hearing set venue limits and allowed independent DNA testing while leaving other motions open. The…
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