Alex Murdaugh lawyers allege ‘fabricated’ evidence was used to secure murder indictments

Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh allege that the pb cause successful his execution lawsuit lied to the expansive assemblage and presented "fabricated" evidence, and they are asking a justice to disregard the indictments.

In a question to disregard dated Aug. 7, Murdaugh's attorneys alleged that David Owen, the pb South Carolina Law Enforcement Division cause connected his case, delivered "perjurious grounds and fabricated evidence" earlier a expansive jury, characterizing his behaviour arsenic prosecutorial misconduct.

Murdaugh's attorneys said much accusation astir the alleged prosecutorial misconduct would beryllium shown successful a aboriginal filing.

"The grounds for this motion, arsenic volition beryllium much afloat acceptable distant successful a supporting memorandum, are that the pb lawsuit cause for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division successful this case, David Owen, testified that helium presented carnal grounds straight inculpating the Defendant to the Colleton County Grand Jury that helium admitted was mendacious and which Defendant has proven was fabricated by instrumentality enforcement," Murdaugh's attorneys wrote.

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Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was convicted successful March of murdering his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul, connected his hunting property successful June 2021. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool, File)

His attorneys besides filed a question to transportation the venue of Murdaugh's caller execution proceedings to Charleston County, arguing that an impartial assemblage cannot beryllium recovered successful Colleton County, stating, "this prosecution has generated publicity without precedent successful the past of this State."

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Rather, they argued that a alteration to adjacent Charleston County would "preserve the values of a section proceedings portion curing the section prejudice."

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Alex Murdaugh attends a judicial proceeding connected Monday, June 29, 2026, astatine the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, South Carolina. Murdaugh volition beryllium retried successful the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and son, aft his archetypal condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)

The motions travel up of a pretrial proceeding scheduled for Friday.

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Murdaugh, formerly a salient Lowcountry lawyer from an influential ineligible dynasty, was convicted successful March 2023 of fatally shooting his woman and son, Maggie and Paul.

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Defense lawyer Dick Harpootlian, listens to prosecuting lawyer Creighton Waters connected Monday, June 29, 2026, astatine a presumption proceeding astatine the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, South Carolina. Alex Murdaugh volition beryllium retried successful the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and son, aft his archetypal condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)

The execution lawsuit descended into chaos erstwhile allegations that tribunal clerk Rebecca Hill made inappropriate comments to jurors portion the proceedings was ongoing.

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While prosecutors judge Murdaugh got a just trial, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the convictions and ordered a caller trial.