{"podcast":{"title":"The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh","slug":"the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088","podcast_index_feed_id":5989088,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5097527.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5097527","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43644379/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"Tony Brueski","episode_count":500,"summary":"The South Carolina Supreme Court threw out Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions. Unanimously. Now the most-watched criminal case in state history starts over — new judge, new jury, new rules — and this is where you follow every step of it. From Hidden Killers host Tony Brueski, The Re-Trial of Alex Murdaugh delivers real-time legal analysis, courtroom coverage, and expert interviews as the State decides whether and how to retry the disbarred attorney for the June 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. The Supreme Court didn't just reverse the verdict — it rewrote the playbook. The financial crimes evidence that dominated the first trial has been sharply restricted. The jury tampering by former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill, who pled guilty to perjury, has been laid bare in a devastating 27-page opinion. Everything about this case is different now. This podcast covers what matters: pretrial motions, venue fights, evidentiary rulings, witness strategy, jury selection, and the legal collisions that will determine whether Murdaugh is convicted again or walks on the murder charges. No filler. No recycled takes. No speculation dressed up as analysis. Just the case, the law,…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:17:19.370813+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088"},"episode":{"title":"Could the Prosecution Run Out of Time to Get Alex Murdaugh Back in a Murder Courtroom?","slug":"could-the-prosecution-run-out-of-time-to-get-alex-murdaugh-back-in-a-murder-courtroom","published_at":"2026-05-21T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088/could-the-prosecution-run-out-of-time-to-get-alex-murdaugh-back-in-a-murder-courtroom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8904040","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8904040.mp3?modified=1778855225&sid=5097527&source=rss","summary":"Time is a weapon in Alex Murdaugh’s retrial, and both sides know exactly how to use it. The AG promised speed — retry aggressively, as soon as possible. That urgency is strategic. Wilson’s office built the first case and has institutional knowledge of every witness and every vulnerability. That asset expires when Wilson leaves office in January 2027. This Murdaugh channel episode maps the pre-trial chess match that could determine the outcome before a jury is ever seated. The defense has every incentive to slow things down. Pre-trial motions on financial evidence, venue change arguments, expert witness disputes — each one legitimate, each one consuming weeks or months. If the defense can push the trial past the AG transition, the prosecution team may change mid-stream. The judge assignment is the single most consequential pre-trial decision. Whoever presides over Trial 2 interprets the Supreme Court’s constraints on financial evidence — deciding how much of the prosecution’s motive narrative survives. The judge controls procedural pace, motion schedules, and continuances. A judge who moves aggressively favors the state. A judge who gives both sides room to prepare favors the defense. Venue presents its own complication. Colleton County’s jury pool is contaminated not just by saturation coverage but by the lived experience of a local clerk who tampered with their own trial. The defense argues for relocation. The prosecution may resist because Lowcountry jurors understand the Murdaugh dynasty’s influence firsthand. Federal case developments add another unpredictable element — unresolved questions about Murdaugh’s plea deal create scheduling risks and competing legal demands. The pre-trial decisions are being made outside public view. By the time the trial starts, the bat…","meta_description":"Time is a weapon in Alex Murdaugh’s retrial, and both sides know exactly how to use it. The AG promised speed — retry aggressively, as soon as possible. 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