COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – Previously convicted killer Alex Murdaugh is facing pushback from the State of South Carolina over DNA retesting and laptop requests.
The responses come after Murdaugh was in court for a pretrial status conference on Monday in Lexington County. It was the first time he was in a courtroom since the state Supreme Court overturned his guilty conviction earlier this year.
The State responded to two motions filed by Murdaugh’s defense team, who requested independent retesting of DNA found underneath Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails and for him to be granted a laptop to review evidence from behind bars…