Alex Murdaugh attends a judicial hearing on Monday, June 29, 2026, at the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center in Lexington, South Carolina. Murdaugh will be retried in the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his wife and son, after his original conviction was overturned due to jury tampering.

Alex Murdaugh’s second pre-trial hearing is schedule for Friday, August 14, 2026 in Lexington, SC.

A hearing time has not been set yet.

In March 2023, Alex Murdaugh was convicted of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. In 2026, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned those convictions and ordered a new trial. This pre-trial hearing is one of several proceedings leading up to Murdaugh’s retrial, which is currently scheduled to begin on April 5, 2027.