A South Carolina judge has been assigned to take over Alex Murdaugh’s blockbuster murder case after the disgraced legal scion’s convictions in the slayings of his wife and son were overturned.South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice John W.Kittredge signed an order Monday giving Judge Debra R.
McCaslin jurisdiction over all proceedings tied to Murdaugh’s murder-case indictments.The order gives McCaslin authority over "any future retrial on the murder charges" as well as motions, jury trials, civil forfeiture actions and other related matters in the case.ALEX MURDAUGH: TIMELINE OF THE ONCE POWERFUL SOUTH CAROLINA LAWYER'S SPECTACULAR DOWNFALLDisbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh arrives at a court hearing in Beaufort, S.C., on Sept.14, 2023, regarding alleged financial crimes.
(James Pollard/AP Photo)The brief order does not set a new trial date or rule on any outstanding motions.Instead, it puts McCaslin in charge of the next phase of the case.In a statement to Fox News Digital, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson's office said: "As always, we look forward to presenting the State's case in court as part of a fair, open, and transparent process."FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XMcCaslin, an at-large circuit court judge, was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly on Feb.
5, 2020, according to the South Carolina Judicial Branch.She earned her law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1993 and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar that year.The Judicial Branch says she was also admitted to the U.S.
District Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S.Supreme Court.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERJudge McCaslin was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly to the Circuit Court, At-Large Seat-13 on February 5, 2020.
(South Carolina Judicial Branch)Murdaugh, 57, was convicted in March 2023 of murdering his wife, Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, at the family’s sprawling hunting estate in C...