{"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":"The Prosecution’s Playbook for Convicting Murdaugh Was Just Declared Unconstitutional","slug":"the-prosecution-s-playbook-for-convicting-murdaugh-was-just-declared-unconstitutional","published_at":"2026-05-18T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/the-prosecution-s-playbook-for-convicting-murdaugh-was-just-declared-unconstitutional","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8904007","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8904007.mp3?modified=1778852210&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions were overturned unanimously by the SC Supreme Court — and the ruling didn’t just vacate the verdict. It told the prosecution exactly where their case went wrong. The court said weeks of financial crimes testimony was excessive, prejudicial, and unnecessary to prove motive. That testimony was the engine of the first conviction. Without it, the state has to rebuild from the ground up. The motive theory itself remains. Murdaugh was facing simultaneous exposure of years of financial fraud on the day Maggie and Paul were killed. The CFO confrontation and the pending hearing that would have unraveled everything — those facts are still admissible. But the court drew a clear line between establishing motive and conducting a character trial. The prosecution crossed that line the first time, and the Supreme Court made sure everyone knows it. True Crime Today looks at what the new trial demands from the prosecution. The state built its first case around making the jury understand what kind of man Murdaugh was. Trial 2 requires making the jury trust the physical evidence on its own terms — the timeline, the lies, the forensic record from the night of the murders. Those are different prosecutorial skills and a different emotional temperature in the courtroom. Jurors from Trial 1 said the financial testimony wasn’t the deciding factor. They pointed to the kennel video evidence and Murdaugh’s behavior. But whether those jurors reach that same conclusion without weeks of testimony painting Murdaugh as someone capable of anything is the question hanging over every strategic decision the prosecution makes heading into Trial 2. The state says it’s committed to retrying. Commitment and capability are about to be tested. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVA…","meta_description":"Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions were overturned unanimously by the SC Supreme Court — and the ruling didn’t just vacate the verdict. It told the prosec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":904,"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/the-prosecution-s-playbook-for-convicting-murdaugh-was-just-declared-unconstitutional/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/the-prosecution-s-playbook-for-convicting-murdaugh-was-just-declared-unconstitutional.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}