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Judge Transfers Alex Murdaugh Retrial to Sumter County
Just the facts
A South Carolina judge ordered that the double murder retrial of Alex Murdaugh be relocated from Colleton County to Sumter County. The court determined that pretrial publicity and local exposure compromised the objectivity of the Colleton County jury pool. Murdaugh was previously convicted in 2023 for the deaths of his wife Maggie and son Paul before an appellate ruling granted a retrial. Court administrators began logistics for jury selection and court proceedings in the newly designated venue.
Why this is news
A South Carolina circuit court judge ruled on a change-of-venue motion in the retrial of Alex Murdaugh.
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