Murdaugh was indicted by a grand jury in July 2022 on double-murder charges in the 2021 deaths of his wife, Margaret, 52, and the couple’s younger son, Paul, 22.

A hearing Friday for Alex Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina lawyer facing a second murder trial in the 2021 deaths of his wife and son, likely will address a clash over the…

Alex Murdaugh will return to a South Carolina courtroom on Friday for a hearing to work out some key issues ahead of his April 2027 retrial.