Alex Murdaugh’s defense team has shifted its focus on the Midlands as a venue for the disgraced attorney’s murder retrial given the judge’s apprehension over its Charleston County recommendation.
After Judge Debra McCaslin said the high costs in Charleston County could be too much for taxpayers to bear, defense attorney Dick Harpootlian presented Richland County as an alternative.
He said the size of the jury pool in Richland County is comparable to that of Charleston County, increasing the odds of finding a fair and impartial jury in the high-profile case…