What Murdaugh's Jury Will Now Hear From 2023

Alex Murdaugh's retrial jury may hear him lie to them before they even meet him. Judge Debra McCaslin ruled at an August 14 pretrial hearing that the state can replay Murdaugh's own 2023 sworn testimony for the new jury — including his admission that he wasn't telling the truth about being at the kennels the night his wife and son were killed. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Tony Brueski to cover the full hearing. McCaslin also pulled the retrial entirely outside the 14th Judicial Circuit, citing the near impossibility of an unbiased jury in a county where the Murdaugh family ran the prosecutor's office for three generations. Where the case actually lands is still undecided, with the defense pushing for Charleston. The defense also dropped a bombshell claim: weapons from a recent Allendale County homicide may be ballistically connected to the Moselle murder weapons — news that prosecutor Creighton Waters said caught him completely off guard despite his daily contact with SLED. McCaslin cleared independent DNA testing on unidentified male genetic material found under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails, and she's now personally overseeing jury selection after questions emerged about when Becky Hill's interference in the first trial actually began. A separate defense motion asks the judge to void the murder charges outright over allegations that a SLED agent fabricated grand jury evidence. Next court date: November 14. Retrial: April 5, 2027.
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