Alex Murdaugh murder saga lands right back where it started before next Lowcountry courtroom battle

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson addresses claims made by Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorneys and discusses the potential pursuit of the death penalty on ‘America Reports.’ The South Carolina Supreme Court has sent Alex Murdaugh’s murder case back to a lower court for retrial, marking the official start of what could become another lengthy courtroom battle in the Lowcountry. A new court docket entry lists the filing as a "Remittitur" for Richard Alexander Murdaugh, dated May 29. The remittitur sends the case back to the trial level, where prosecutors, defense attorneys and the court will now begin navigating the new murder proceeding. That process will likely include scheduling hearings, revisiting pretrial motions, handling evidence disagreements and setting a possible new trial date. Alex Murdaugh is led out of the Colleton County courthou