What happened at the latest Alex Murdaugh retrial hearing—and is Harpootlian in trouble with the new judge? Former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon joins Anne Emerson to break down what’s next in the Alex Murdaugh case after the evidentiary hearing on October 16, 2026 before Judge Debra McCaslin.
Judge McCaslin warned both sides that she would not allow the proceedings to become a circus or permit anyone to use the courtroom as a platform for publicity or theatrics, setting a strict tone for the retrial. In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Emerson sits down with Charlie Condon, who explains why Harpootlian had to apologize after claiming Murdaugh passed a lie detector test about the murders “with flying colors,” why Judge McCaslin reprimanded both the state and the defense, and why the defense scored a win: new testing of unknown male DNA from Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails and DNA from her phone can go to defense experts.
They also discuss the fight over .300 Blackout ammunition and what Condon calls a “totally revamped” defense on experts, setting up a battle of the experts at retrial.
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