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Alex Murdaugh Retrial Evidence: Former Prosecutor on What the State Can Still Use

The Supreme Court said the prosecution went "far too long and far too deep" into Alex Murdaugh’s financial crimes at the first trial. They singled out testimony with "zero probative value" on motive that existed only to make Murdaugh look like someone who takes advantage of the helpless. Any retrial has to be leaner. The question is whether lean is enough.Eric Fadds brings his prosecutorial experience to the problem. The State’s motive theory depends on a specific convergence of events in the days before the killings: the CFO’s confrontation about missing fees, the upcoming hearing that would…

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