Alex Murdaugh's lawyer vows to dismantle infamous kennel video as defense weighs another turn on the stand

The lawyer who helped triumph Alex Murdaugh a caller proceedings says the defence is acceptable to instrumentality connected the portion of grounds that helped descend him the archetypal clip around.

In a caller interrogation connected "Crime & Justice with Donna Rotunno," seasoned defence lawyer Dick Harpootlian revealed his squad has a strategy for dealing with the infamous kennel video that prosecutors utilized to spot Murdaugh adjacent the country of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.

The cellphone video, recorded by Paul Murdaugh soon earlier helium and his parent were killed successful June 2021, became 1 of the astir damaging pieces of grounds presented during Murdaugh's 2023 execution trial. Prosecutors argued the signaling destroyed Murdaugh's archetypal alibi and placed him astatine the family's Colleton County kennels minutes earlier the killings.

Now, arsenic Murdaugh prepares for a caller trial, Harpootlian says the defence has a plan.

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Alex Murdaugh and defence lawyer Dick Harpootlian reappraisal grounds during his proceedings for execution astatine the Colleton County Courthouse connected Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, successful Walterboro, S.C. (Joshua Boucher/Pool/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"We perfectly do, we perfectly do," Harpootlian told Rotunno erstwhile asked whether his squad has a strategy to code the video. "Yes, and we recognize that's an contented and it's got to beryllium dealt with."

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While Harpootlian declined to uncover specifics, the comments connection the clearest denotation yet that Murdaugh's ineligible squad intends to situation 1 of the prosecution's astir almighty exhibits erstwhile the lawsuit returns to court.

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Another large question hanging implicit immoderate retrial is whether Murdaugh would erstwhile again instrumentality the witnesser basal aft testifying during the archetypal proceedings.

Harpootlian said that determination remains acold from settled.

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"That's a game-day decision," helium said. "Things enactment astir during a trial. What you thought helium mightiness person to respond to ne'er came up. On the flip side, each kinds of atrocious worldly came up he's got to answer."

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The seasoned lawyer said the defence is intentionally avoiding discussions with Murdaugh astir testifying until they person a clearer representation of however a 2nd proceedings volition unfold.

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The retrial itself could look precise antithetic from the archetypal proceedings.

Harpootlian told Rotunno helium expects the 2nd proceedings to beryllium importantly shorter, successful portion due to the fact that the defence believes overmuch of the grounds related to Murdaugh's fiscal crimes could beryllium constricted oregon excluded.

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Alex Murdaugh, convicted of sidesplitting his woman and lad successful June 2021, greets his defence lawyer Jim Griffin earlier a retrial proceeding astatine the Richland County Judicial Center successful Columbia, S.C., connected Jan. 16, 2024. (Gavin McIntyre/The Post and Courier via AP)

He besides said the defence plans to question a alteration of venue, arguing that years of aggravated media sum and the televised quality of the archetypal proceedings person made it hard to find jurors who person not already formed opinions astir the case.

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Harpootlian further criticized the state's investigation, describing what helium called "blunder aft blunder" successful the handling of evidence.

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He said investigators failed to cod definite DNA and fingerprint grounds and made mistakes successful preserving cardinal items recovered from the transgression scene.

Those issues, helium argued, underscore wherefore prosecutors whitethorn look a much hard task convincing a 2nd assemblage beyond a tenable doubt.

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Despite Murdaugh's conviction, Harpootlian argued that prosecutors inactive look important hurdles if they contiguous the lawsuit to a caller jury.

"There's nary eyewitness, determination is nary confession, there's not forensics that necktie him to the scene. It's each circumstantial," Harpootlian said.

He argued that the load remains connected prosecutors to beryllium guilt beyond a tenable doubt.

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Defense lawyer Dick Harpootlian speaks to the media alongside Alex Murdaugh’s defence squad aft their lawsuit was sentenced to treble beingness successful situation connected March 3, 2023. Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, successful 2021. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital)

"We don't person to beryllium him innocent," Harpootlian said. "We person to amusement and reason that the authorities did not beryllium him blameworthy beyond a tenable doubt."

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Harpootlian past offered a bold prediction astir what could hap if the lawsuit is retried.

"If you use the close ineligible standard, we judge Alex volition beryllium recovered not guilty."

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Murdaugh was convicted successful 2023 of murdering his woman and lad and sentenced to beingness successful prison. The South Carolina Supreme Court aboriginal granted him a caller proceedings aft determining that erstwhile Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill improperly communicated with jurors during the archetypal proceedings.

The afloat interrogation is disposable connected "Crime & Justice with Donna Rotunno" connected YouTube and podcast platforms.