Alex Murdaugh murder trial

Elise worries the retrial may not allow financial crimes evidence as extensively, opening room for reasonable doubt.

“I don't believe that they're allowed to bring in the financial crimes as much as they did in the last trial”

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Elise predicts Alex Murdaugh will again be found guilty at his retrial, though she has some reservations.

“I'm confident that he will still be found guilty. However, I want to put that big however in there”

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Elise said she had heard that evidence of Murdaugh's financial crimes may be limited or excluded at the retrial.

“I don't think, from what I'm hearing, they're allowed to bring the financial crimes in as much or at all into this new trial”

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Elise predicted that Murdaugh would still be convicted at the new trial.

“I think that it's going to be still a slam dunk conviction on the new trial”

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Politan argued the defense's best chance is a jury made up of people who have not formed an opinion despite the publicity.

“the defense is going to double down and try to find 12 egg ladies to be in that jury box”

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Politan said Murdaugh would never accept a plea deal admitting to the murders.

“he'll ever admit to murdering his wife and his son. He'll never do that”

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Politan predicted prosecutors would have to rein in the financial-crimes evidence at a retrial.

“I think prosecutors will have to pull back a little bit in the way that they present some of the financial crime evidence in the case”

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Condon said that, unlike most retrials, this one would favor the defense and that Murdaugh likely would not testify again.

“I do think the defendant will not testify next time”

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Condon reported that every candidate for South Carolina attorney general has pledged to re-prosecute Murdaugh.

“all of the candidates running for attorney general have said that they would re-prosecute this defendant”

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Condon said the reversal was expected because the justices had signaled their view at oral argument, though the unanimity surprised him.

“the decision was not surprising because the court telegraphed its feelings during the oral arguments”

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Kelly argues overturning Murdaugh's conviction over jury interference was the right decision.

“Under our system, you have a constitutional right to a fair trial with an impartial jury”

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Kelly supports the new trial for Murdaugh despite believing him guilty, citing clerk Becky Hill's interference.

“I think they 100% made the right decision, even though I think he's guilty, because there was a clerk of court named Becky Hill”

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Greenwald argues a retrial is warranted when a court officer tries to influence a jury, regardless of guilt.

“I think a retrial is appropriate when you have an officer of the court influencing the jury”

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Claudia Oshry says she believes Murdaugh committed the murders or is covering for his son.

“I just really feel like he did it. And if he didn't, he's covering up for his son who did it”

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Jackie Oshry explains the appeal argument that hours of financial-crimes evidence unduly swayed the jury though unrelated to the murders.

“financial crimes have actually nothing to do with whether or not he murdered them”

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