{"podcast":{"title":"True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews","slug":"true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","podcast_index_feed_id":568948,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42359005.jpg","author":"Tony Brueski","episode_count":500,"summary":"🔎 Daily True Crime Stories | Unsolved Mysteries | Criminal Investigations | Cold Cases True Crime Today is your go-to daily true crime podcast , bringing you the latest murder cases, ongoing trials, criminal psychology insights, and shocking unsolved mysteries . Whether it’s breaking crime news, high-profile trials, serial killers, missing persons, or cold cases , we cover it all with expert analysis, investigative storytelling, and real-time updates . 🎙️ Hosted by leading crime analysts , we uncover the psychology of killers, forensic breakthroughs, police investigations, and courtroom drama —giving you the full story behind the headlines . From notorious cases to little-known crimes that deserve attention , we break down what really happened and why . If you're obsessed with true crime podcasts , criminal psychology, and investigative reporting, subscribe to True Crime Today on Apple Podcasts now! 🎧 New episodes daily.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:17:47.477723+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948"},"episode":{"title":"Did the SC Supreme Court Give Alex Murdaugh’s Defense Lawyers Exactly What They Needed?","slug":"did-the-sc-supreme-court-give-alex-murdaugh-s-defense-lawyers-exactly-what-they-needed","published_at":"2026-05-20T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/did-the-sc-supreme-court-give-alex-murdaugh-s-defense-lawyers-exactly-what-they-needed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8904027","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8904027.mp3?modified=1778854574&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"Alex Murdaugh’s defense team didn’t just get a second chance — they got a court-issued roadmap showing exactly where the prosecution went wrong and how far the next trial judge should limit the state’s evidence. True Crime Today examines how Harpootlian and Griffin turn the Supreme Court’s ruling into a defense strategy that could produce an acquittal. The financial evidence firewall is built directly from the court’s language. Every financial witness the prosecution calls faces a defense objection citing the Supreme Court’s explicit finding that the state went too deep into Murdaugh’s financial history. The defense doesn’t need to exclude everything. They need to exclude enough to prevent the emotional buildup that turned the first jury against Murdaugh before they ever weighed the murder evidence. Whether Murdaugh takes the stand is the strategic decision both sides are already gaming. A recording captured his voice at the scene minutes before the alleged killings, contradicting everything he’d told investigators. He’ll likely have to explain that lie again. But this time the jury hasn’t spent weeks absorbing his financial crimes before he sits in the witness chair. His credibility starts from a different baseline. The defense’s strongest argument may be the simplest: reasonable doubt. No DNA on Murdaugh despite two close-range shootings. No blood. Both weapons still missing after years. No eyewitnesses. A crime scene contaminated within hours. These gaps were present in Trial 1 but got overshadowed by the financial narrative. In Trial 2, with that narrative constrained by the Supreme Court, the physical evidence gaps become the defense’s centerpiece. The bar isn’t innocence. It’s uncertainty. And the defense has three years of preparation aimed at creating exactly t…","meta_description":"Alex Murdaugh’s defense team didn’t just get a second chance — they got a court-issued roadmap showing exactly where the prosecution went wrong and how fa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1096,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/episodes/did-the-sc-supreme-court-give-alex-murdaugh-s-defense-lawyers-exactly-what-they-needed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/did-the-sc-supreme-court-give-alex-murdaugh-s-defense-lawyers-exactly-what-they-needed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}