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Defense attorney Jim Griffin measures Alex Murdaugh during a break in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)

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Will Alex Murdaugh testify? Takeaways from his murder trial
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Sat,02/18/23-7:53AM , 584 Reads
The defense team at disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial finally get their chance to present their version of events after more than three weeks of testimony.
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Alex Murdaugh, center, listens to a recording of himself retelling how he was shot in a bizarre roadside incident in Sept. 2021, during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)

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Murdaugh prosecutors reveal flurry of steps after killings
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Fri,02/17/23-1:34PM , 490 Reads
Alex Murdaugh's cellphone showed a sudden flurry of activity just before he drove away in his SUV some 16 minutes after investigators think his wife and son were killed, a state agent testified Friday at the disgraced South Carolina lawyer's double m
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Alex Murdaugh, center, listens to a recording of himself retelling how he was shot in a bizarre roadside incident in Sept. 2021, during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)

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Agent: Alex Murdaugh wanted to die after wife, son killed
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Thu,02/16/23-1:13PM , 56 Reads
Alex Murdaugh and a friend spent just minutes planning a failed attempt to fatally shoot the lawyer on a lonely South Carolina roadside so his son could collect a multimillion-dollar life insurance policy, months after his wife and other son were shot to death, according to testimony Thursday in
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Alex Murdaugh cries while listening to an interview he did with SLED special agent David Owen during his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County, S.C., home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)

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Prosecution, defense get wins with Alex Murdaugh lead agent
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Wed,02/15/23-1:44PM , 70 Reads
The lead agent investigating the deaths of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh's wife and son zeroed in on inconsistencies in his actions the night of the killings, according to a videotaped interview two months after the crime played Wednesday at Murdaugh's
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