Judge sets date for Alex Murdaugh retrial in double-murder case

Alex Murdaugh gets new trial after SC Supreme Court ruling S.C. Supreme Court orders new murder trial for Alex Murdaugh, citing improper jury influence by Colleton County clerk. Richard "Alex" Murdaugh is expected to stand trial for the murders of his wife and son for the second time in April, a South Carolina judge said. After his first trial, Murdaugh was handed two life sentences in the deaths of wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, who were found fatally shot near dog kennels at the family's h