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Alex Murdaugh Retrial: Former Prosecutor on the Ruling, the Evidence, and the Fight
The South Carolina Supreme Court threw out Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions, restricted the evidence that dominated his first trial, and rewrote the legal standard for jury tampering claims in the state. Eric Faddis — a former prosecutor who now practices defense — provides the full analysis.The ruling: Toal placed the burden on Murdaugh, violated evidence rules by questioning jurors about their mental processes, and relied on testimony that was inadmissible. The court adopted the Cheek framework, making it the governing standard in South Carolina, and found the State could not prove the…
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