CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — South Carolina prosecutors are opposing Alex Murdaugh’s request to move his case to Charleston County, according to a legal filing submitted Wednesday.
Prosecutors argue that the extensive publicity surrounding him does not establish that an impartial jury cannot be selected and that Charleston would create significant logistical and financial problems.
In a response filed Wednesday, the state acknowledged that publicity surrounding Murdaugh’s case has been “unique in the history of South Carolina” but argued that the proper test is whether prospective jurors can set aside what they have heard and decide the case based on evidence presented in court…