South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says prosecutors may seek the death penalty when Alex Murdaugh is retried for the 2021 murders of his son and wife. Wilson tells reporters that the state is “back to square one” after the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh’s murder convictions, leaving the case for a new trial. In multiple outlets’ coverage, Wilson indicates that “all our legal options are on the table,” explicitly including seeking capital punishment. The outlets also note that South Carolina did not seek a death sentence in the original prosecution, a factor that could affect how any renewed capital request is challenged by the defense. MSNBC further reports that pursuing death could create potential legal complications for prosecutors, including arguments that a renewed effort would be impermissibly vindictive, though the details of those prospective challenges are not resolved in the reporting. Across sources, the common point is that the state’s decision on whether to actually seek death has not been finalized, but the attorney general is signaling that the death penalty remains a possibility in the retrial.