CRIME & COURTS

Alex Murdaugh Asks Judge To Dismiss Murder Charges, Move Retrial

Attorneys target SLED agent David Owen’s grand jury testimony while arguing Colleton County remains too deeply entangled in the case to host a fair retrial.

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by JENN WOOD *** Attorneys for accused killer Alex Murdaugh are asking a South Carolina judge
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The Colonel Top fan August 10, 2026 at 3:34 pm

Not that I want to give Pooty Poot and Jimbo any ideas, but why don’t they ask for a dismissal of his confessions as well…

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SubZeroIQ August 10, 2026 at 4:42 pm

Why did you remove from your YouTube WIR of 8/8/2026 my comment which said:
At minutes 32:23 to 33:35, you, Will and Jenn are, thank God, ALMOST coming around to what I have been saying and writing for years: Richard Alexandre Murdaugh (“RAM”) could NOT POSSIBLY have been THE or A shooter of Paul or Maggie Murdaugh.
But think of what you said next: RAM’s “actions precipitated what happened.”
Whatever RAM did, whether it was not paying his druggies or keeping the insurance fraud loot all to himself and not sharing it with his willing collaborators in the scheme, does it justify whoever shot Paul and Maggie to have taken their lives?
Justice for Paul and Maggie means finding the real shooter(s) and “cleaner(s).”
But PLEASE be careful with that “third gun” story. It raised my hopes up but worried me that your leaking it would give the anti-RAM forces time to spin it away before it gets validated.
PLEASE release all you know about that third gun. And do not worry about validating me because I have been writing for years that Maggie was shot with ONE OF Paul’s two previously stolen guns.
The truth should not be hidden for fear of validating the long-suffering and now-almost-dying Dr. Marie Faltas.

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SubZeroIQ August 11, 2026 at 5:16 am

And speaking of my comments on other stories/threads, here is what I wrote on FITS’ 26 March 2024 story on Alan Wilson’s demand for tougher bonds:
What about the actually innocent forced to live in custody or under horrendous bonds while their rights to speedy trial and/or speedy retrial after a hung jury in a first trial get trampled on? And by none other than Hatchet-for-Hire Heather (“Weiss”) who stands gloating behind Alan Wilson as he urges BASICALLY repeal of the Eighth Amendment which bans excessive bail.
Three stark examples from Richland County, South Carolina, in the 21st Century:
(1) Professor Chi Kei Rick Chow who languished in jail for three years because no judge in the length and breadth of South Carolina had the courage to grant him bail until a half-or-majority-black jury found Professor Chow NOT GUILTY for having, in defense of others, shot a gun-toting 14-year-old who had trespassed with that gun on Professor Chow’s store.
(2) Now-retired SC Circuit Judge Lee who got her nomination to the federal bench withdrawn because of the furor over her having granted bail to a defendant who was later also acquitted by a jury in the bakery shooting cases.
and (3) You guessed it, Dr. Marie Faltas who was made to live in an hotel for 50 months while paying rent for an apartment to which she was forbidden from returning, all because Hatchet-for-Hire Heather Weiss had brought against Dr. Faltas pre-known FALSE harassment charges which were, thank God and due to Dr. Faltas’ able pro se advocacy, ultimately dismissed WITH PREJUDICE.
Weiss knew, and could not not have known (double negative intended) that Dr. Faltas was the victim, not the perpetrator of harassment.
But Weiss was paid $70K/year by the City of Columbia to be its agent in then-Barney Giese’s 5th Circuit’s Solicitor’s Office. And Dr. Faltas was then suing the City of Columbia.
So, who pays the piper calls the tune. And the victim got charged instead of the real perpetrator.
You want prosecutors’ tyranny unchecked by the Eighth Amendment?
Be careful! Some day YOU might need that Eighth Amendment.
Who can give Professor Chow his three years back? Who can give Dr. Marie Faltas her 50 months back?
Does anyone even want to?
Because I always propose ennobling solutions, not pounds-of-flesh vengeance, I proposed a “days bank” where the days an ultimately-acquitted criminal defendant served in pre-trial/pre-dismissal custody may be banked and donated to other bail-eligible defendants who cannot afford the monetary bond.
Remember! Perjury and known-false prosecutions are crimes, too, the latter as misconduct in office.

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Just Some Guest August 11, 2026 at 5:17 am

And speaking of my comments on other stories/threads, here is what I wrote on FITS’ 26 March 2024 story on Alan Wilson’s demand for tougher bonds:
What about the actually innocent forced to live in custody or under horrendous bonds while their rights to speedy trial and/or speedy retrial after a hung jury in a first trial get trampled on? And by none other than Hatchet-for-Hire Heather (“Weiss”) who stands gloating behind Alan Wilson as he urges BASICALLY repeal of the Eighth Amendment which bans excessive bail.
Three stark examples from Richland County, South Carolina, in the 21st Century:
(1) Professor Chi Kei Rick Chow who languished in jail for three years because no judge in the length and breadth of South Carolina had the courage to grant him bail until a half-or-majority-black jury found Professor Chow NOT GUILTY for having, in defense of others, shot a gun-toting 14-year-old who had trespassed with that gun on Professor Chow’s store.
(2) Now-retired SC Circuit Judge Lee who got her nomination to the federal bench withdrawn because of the furor over her having granted bail to a defendant who was later also acquitted by a jury in the bakery shooting cases.
and (3) You guessed it, Dr. Marie Faltas who was made to live in an hotel for 50 months while paying rent for an apartment to which she was forbidden from returning, all because Hatchet-for-Hire Heather Weiss had brought against Dr. Faltas pre-known FALSE harassment charges which were, thank God and due to Dr. Faltas’ able pro se advocacy, ultimately dismissed WITH PREJUDICE.
Weiss knew, and could not not have known (double negative intended) that Dr. Faltas was the victim, not the perpetrator of harassment.
But Weiss was paid $70K/year by the City of Columbia to be its agent in then-Barney Giese’s 5th Circuit’s Solicitor’s Office. And Dr. Faltas was then suing the City of Columbia.
So, who pays the piper calls the tune. And the victim got charged instead of the real perpetrator.
You want prosecutors’ tyranny unchecked by the Eighth Amendment?
Be careful! Some day YOU might need that Eighth Amendment.
Who can give Professor Chow his three years back? Who can give Dr. Marie Faltas her 50 months back?
Does anyone even want to?
Because I always propose ennobling solutions, not pounds-of-flesh vengeance, I proposed a “days bank” where the days an ultimately-acquitted criminal defendant served in pre-trial/pre-dismissal custody may be banked and donated to other bail-eligible defendants who cannot afford the monetary bond.
Remember! Perjury and known-false prosecutions are crimes, too, the latter as misconduct in office.

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Lesia Melendez Justice for Daniel Reed Smith August 13, 2026 at 9:39 am

I don’t believe David Owen will ever come back from those he has wronged! He didn’t know how to do his job and hated anyone giving input. The families that he has ruined because of his inability and actions will never be able to forget what he has done. I can forgive him for what he’s done only for myself but I won’t back down! He and others are a disgrace to the profession and I hope in his new position, he has learned. Thanks David!
We will get Justice For Daniel Reed Smith!

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