Additional contributions from David Moses On Friday, Justice Jean Toal questioned one of 12 jurors who rendered a verdict against Alex Murdaugh and she set perimeters for next week’s highly anticipated hearing — where she will determine whether or not the convicted...
The evidentiary hearing scheduled for later this month is going to look a lot different than Alex Murdaugh and his defense attorneys planned after Justice Jean Toal ruled on four separate issues in a January 16 hearing in Richland County. Toal was assigned to...
An amended pre-hearing brief filed by Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys on Jan. 10 details the intended witnesses for the upcoming evidentiary hearing that will take place later this month. Justice Jean Toal, who was assigned to oversee Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial...
After months of legal jockeying, Alex Murdaugh’s legal team summed up their pre-hearing brief with this: “Mr. Murdaugh alleges that an elected state official deliberately violated his constitutional right to a fair trial before an impartial jury. If that...
After a FOIA request for videos and materials about the June 7, 2021, homicide of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, we zeroed in on John Marvin Murdaugh, one of Alex's brothers, and his account of what route he took to get to Moselle on the night of the murder. The following...
Alex Murdaugh and his co-conspirators Cory Fleming and Russell Laffitte have all been found guilty in federal prison for stealing millions from client settlement funds. Murdaugh and Fleming have also both pled guilty to the same charges in South Carolina state...