Judge Grants Change of Venue in Murdaugh Re-Trial Case; Defense Wants Charleston

Judge grants change of venue in Murdaugh re-trial case; defense wants Charleston

Alex Murdaugh's upcoming double-murder retrial is officially moving to a new location.

Alex Murdaugh’s retrial will be relocated, and his original testimony can be used conditionally, judge rules

Lexington, South Carolina (CNN) — The second double-murder trial of disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh will be moved out of his home county over concerns he can’t get an impartial proceeding there, a judge said Friday in a series…

Can Alex Murdaugh get a fair trial? Judge to make key venue decision

McCaslin ordered that the murder retrial will be held in a county outside of the 14th judicial circuit.

Alex Murdaugh retrial moved out of Colleton County, judge says

Alex Murdaugh appeared in court Friday in Lexington County ahead of his impending murder retrial in the 2021 deaths of his son, Paul, and wife, Maggie.

Alex Murdaugh's retrial moved out of South Carolina's Lowcountry

Murdaugh's defense wants the trial to take place in Charleston, the state's largest city.

Murdaugh double-murder retrial to move out of Colleton County to parts still unknown, possibly Charleston

Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder retrial will be held outside of Colleton County after a judge ruled he cannot get a fair and impartial trial in the region where his relatives served, in turn, as the top elected prosecutor for 86 years.