{"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":"Why Is Murdaugh’s Defense Team So Certain There Will Never Be a Plea Deal?","slug":"why-is-murdaugh-s-defense-team-so-certain-there-will-never-be-a-plea-deal","published_at":"2026-05-20T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088/why-is-murdaugh-s-defense-team-so-certain-there-will-never-be-a-plea-deal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8905521","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8905521.mp3?modified=1779215729&sid=5097527&source=rss","summary":"The defense did not hedge. They did not leave room for interpretation. There will never be a plea deal in the Alex Murdaugh case. Not under any circumstances. The question was asked, and the answer was absolute. Understanding why they are so certain requires understanding what they revealed about the retrial itself. Start with the DNA. Unknown male DNA was found under Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails and was never run through CODIS. The defense confirmed they intend to make that evidence central to the retrial. When you have physical evidence that was collected and then apparently ignored, it changes the calculus entirely. The preparation for the retrial is massive. Eight thousand pages of transcript from the first trial to review word by word. A complete scrub of discovery. New expert witnesses. Post-trial information the first jury never heard. The defense does not expect to be ready this year, but they believe the time invested will fundamentally change the case they present. Venue is going to be a significant fight. A change-of-venue motion is likely, but the options are limited — the receiving county must mirror Colleton’s demographics, and the defense flagged that Richland and Charleston probably would not qualify. Jury selection, wherever it happens, will require individual voir dire. Harpootlian compared it to the Pee Wee Gaskins case for a reason. The defense revisited SLED’s failures with fresh urgency — unprocessed tire tracks, overwritten GPS data, scene procedures that were skipped. These are not just talking points anymore. They are exhibits in a retrial where the defense knows exactly where every weakness sits. Tony Brueski is joined by criminal defense attorney Bob Motta, host of Defense Diaries, and retired FBI Chief of the Behavioral Analysis Program Rob…","meta_description":"The defense did not hedge. They did not leave room for interpretation. There will never be a plea deal in the Alex Murdaugh case. 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