A judge orders Alex Murdaugh’s murder retrial to move from the small county where it was originally scheduled. The ruling also means a separate motion seeking to dismiss the case is not decided immediately and will be addressed later.
The sources agree on the decision to change the trial’s venue. They also agree that the court postpones consideration of arguments aimed at throwing out the prosecution’s case. Details about the retrial’s new location, timing, or the specific reasons for the change are not provided in the excerpts available here. Likewise, the excerpts do not describe the basis of the dismissal motion or how the judge rules on it beyond deferring that decision.
