Speed versus delay. That’s the framework for understanding every pre-trial decision in Alex Murdaugh’s retrial. The AG promised to retry aggressively and as soon as possible. The defense will engineer the opposite. And the wild card decisions made in chambers Read more…
The Word of Faith Fellowship did not just operate in Spindale, North Carolina. According to the Associated Press, it maintained affiliated churches in Brazil, Ghana, Scotland, Sweden, and other countries. Brazil was reportedly the biggest source of foreign labor. The Read more…
For hours, Kouri Richins sat stone-faced through her own children’s pain. Then her brother Ronney stepped to the podium, started crying about missing Eric’s “stupid finger dance” and Christmas mornings with the boys — and Kouri fell apart. Tears streaming. Read more…
Three therapists read three letters from three boys under fourteen. The children described locked bedrooms, threatened pets, a mother “drunk almost daily,” and a night one boy believes he was drugged because he woke up shaking and couldn’t speak. Not Read more…
The Murdaugh defense filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Becky Hill before the retrial has even been assigned a judge. They told reporters it’s about accountability and investigation. It is both of those things. It’s also a calculated move Read more…
Three major developments from one press conference. A federal lawsuit against Becky Hill. An accusation that the Attorney General is playing politics with the death penalty. And DNA evidence the first jury never knew existed. The Section 1983 lawsuit targets Read more…
Master keycards that open every cabin. Youth centers without standardized staffing ratios. Background checks limited to whatever foreign governments provide. No international offender registry. No mandatory device screening. This is the access structure parents are not being told about — Read more…
The DNA evidence alone would be enough to change the shape of this case. Unknown male DNA beneath Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails, collected at the scene, and never run through the one database designed to identify it. Jim Griffin confirmed the Read more…
The defense team that lost the Murdaugh murder trial in six weeks has had three years to study exactly why. And the SC Supreme Court handed them something defense attorneys almost never get — a ruling that doesn’t just grant Read more…
Former teacher Rebeca Melo told the Associated Press that inside the Word of Faith Christian School, children would turn on each other in the middle of class. One child would accuse another of having demons. The group would surround the Read more…
