Murdaugh: Why Are Prosecutors Fighting His DNA Request?
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The episode discusses the legal battles surrounding Alex Murdaugh's retrial, focusing on DNA testing requests and prosecutorial strategies.
Alex Murdaugh's defense wants independent DNA testing ahead of his retrial. Prosecutors are fighting that request. Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke dig into why the state doesn't want a second lab involved, and what it's asking for instead. Prosecutors are also seeking a fresh review of digital evidence and moving to admit Murdaugh's own 2023 testimony at the retrial, including his admission that he lied to investigators for about eighteen months about being at the kennels the night Maggie and Paul were killed, and his denial of the killings themselves. The state is renewing two pretrial wins: keeping third-party guilt evidence from the jury, and barring any reference to a polygraph, after Murdaugh's own attorneys once told a court that Curtis Eddie Smith failed one when asked about the murders. Murdaugh's defense has filed its own countermove, a supplemental Brady and Giglio motion demanding prosecutors search again for favorable evidence generated since the first trial and certify in writing, within thirty days, that nothing was missed. Ten categories are listed, from plea deals to lab proficiency testing, and the motion names no specific witness or…
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