rich 1.0 The South Carolina Supreme Court did not only fault the clerk of court when it threw out Alex Murdaugh's convictions. The justices also flagged how much of the 2023 trial was spent on the money he stole. Tony Brueski takes your questions on what that means for the retrial with retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke. Prosecutors spent close to two weeks of the first trial on Murdaugh's financial crimes. That evidence was not tied to the murder charges directly. It was offered to establish motive: his thefts were about to be exposed, and the state argued the killings bought him sympathy and time. Judge Debra McCaslin now decides how much of that comes in the second time. She has told the attorneys she knows nothing about the first trial and wants them complete when they explain it to her. The state's newest filings run the other direction. Prosecutors moved to admit Murdaugh's own 2023 testimony at the retrial, renewed motions to exclude polygraph evidence and third-party guilt, requested a fresh review of digital evidence, and opposed the defense's push for independent DNA analysis. Listeners are asking a sharp question about the arithmetic. If the financial evidence gets trimmed and the third-party door stays shut, what is the state walking into April 2027 with, and is it enough for twelve people who have never heard any of this. Murdaugh has denied the killings of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh since 2021. His convictions were vacated, he awaits retrial, and he is presumed innocent. He pleaded guilty to dozens of financial crimes and remains in prison on those sentences. Robin Dreeke handles the mail on motive, money, and what a jury actually does with a man's finances. END LINKS Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod DISCLAIMER This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. HASHTAGS #AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #HiddenKillers #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #DebraMcCaslin #SouthCarolina #TrueCrime #MurdaughMurders #CreightonWaters Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns https://audioboom.com/channels/5078367-hidden-killers-live-daily-true-crime-news-breakdowns Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43783814/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8938501/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>