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Alex Murdaugh Retrial: Former Prosecutor on What Both Sides Gained in Three Years
Three years between the verdict and the reversal. In that time, the defense picked up a perjury conviction against the clerk who tampered with the jury and a Supreme Court opinion restricting the financial evidence that dominated the first trial. The prosecution picked up a complete transcript of Murdaugh’s testimony and additional time to refine its forensic case.Eric Faddis weighs the advantages from both sides. Murdaugh’s prior testimony is potentially the State’s most valuable asset — a locked-in record that constrains the defense whether Murdaugh testifies again or not. But the defense…
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