Alex Murdaugh defense team lied about polygraph results, prosecutors allege in new filing
A new court filing reveals the defense team for Alex Murdaugh, who was previously convicted of murdering his wife and son, may have lied about his polygraph test results.The Wednesday filing in Colleton County, South Carolina, details state prosecutors' allegations against Murdaugh's attorney, Dick Harpootlian.Murdaugh was convicted of the murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in 2023; those convictions were overturned in May of this year after a court clerk named Becky Hill was found to have improperly influenced jurors.ALEX MURDAUGH MOVES FOR NEW HOME FOR DOUBLE-MURDER RETRIALDuring an Aug. 14 hearing, Harpootlian said, "Mr.
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A new court filing reveals the defense team for Alex Murdaugh, who was previously convicted of murdering his wife and son, may have lied about his polygraph test results.The Wednesday filing in Colleton County, South Carolina, details state prosecutors' allegations against Murdaugh's attorney, Dick Harpootlian.Murdaugh was convicted of the murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in 2023; those convictions were overturned in May of this year after a court clerk named Becky Hill was found to have improperly influenced jurors.ALEX MURDAUGH MOVES FOR NEW HOME FOR DOUBLE-MURDER RETRIALDuring an Aug. 14 hearing, Harpootlian said, "Mr. Murdaugh passed a polygraph. It may play a role in this trial."FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XProsecutors argue that when Murdaugh was initially tried in 2023, he never took a polygraph, or lie-detector, test.The time that he did in fact take a lie-detector test was after the trial in the fall of 2023.
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- A new court filing reveals the defense team for Alex Murdaugh, who was previously convicted of murdering his wife and son, may have lied about his polygraph test results.The Wednesday filing in Colleton County, South Carolina, details state prosecutors' allegations against Murdaugh's attorney, Dick Harpootlian.Murdaugh was convicted of the murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in 2023; those convictions were overturned in May of this year after a court clerk named Becky Hill was found to have improperly influenced jurors.ALEX MURDAUGH MOVES FOR NEW HOME FOR DOUBLE-MURDER RETRIALDuring an Aug. 14 hearing, Harpootlian said, "Mr.
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