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Murdaugh Defense Seeks Dismissal of Murder Indictments Over Alleged False Testimony

Alex Murdaugh's legal team is appearing in court to argue that a state investigator provided misleading information to the grand jury that indicted him for the deaths of his wife and son.

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Alex Murdaugh's legal team is appearing in court to argue that a state investigator provided misleading information to the grand jury that indicted him for the deaths of his wife and son.

Alex Murdaugh is facing a retrial on murder charges after the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out his convictions and life sentence. A hearing is underway in South Carolina as Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers seek to have his murder charges dismissed after the state Supreme Court overturned his convictions, arguing the lead investigator lied to the grand jury. Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are expected in court Friday to ask a judge to throw out the original murder indictments for killing his wife and son.

CBS News reported the story as "Alex Murdaugh wants murder indictments tossed, saying agent lied." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the story as "Alex Murdaugh wants murder indictments dismissed, saying agent lied to grand jury."

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4 sources have covered this story, including Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, CBS News, NBC News and New York Post. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 3 hours ago.

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New York Post reported it first, Nov 13, 10:30 AM ET. 4 outlets carried it over 5h 9m, 2 left and 2 right. Half of them within 1h 19m.All in the United States.

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  1. FirstNew York PostNov 13, 10:30 AM ETRight
  2. +1h 19mNBC NewsNov 13, 11:49 AM ETLeft
  3. +1h 20mCBS NewsNov 13, 11:50 AM ETLeft
  4. +5h 9mPittsburgh Post-GazetteNov 13, 3:38 PM ETRight

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