Why Murdaugh Prosecutors Won't Test This DNA

There's DNA sitting in a South Carolina evidence locker that could identify whose skin was under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails the night she and her son Paul were shot to death, and prosecutors trying to convict Alex Murdaugh a second time don't want an independent lab anywhere near it. SLED tested the sample once, said it didn't match the family, and stopped. The defense wants a second opinion from the genealogy lab that helped crack the Bryan Kohberger case in Idaho. The state wants first crack at it themselves, using the same process that already failed, in a procedure the defense argues could use up what's left before anyone independent ever sees it. Ask yourself why. If that DNA is really meaningless, a confirmed result helps the prosecution as much as anyone else. The only reason to block a test is if you're not sure what it says. The defense has also laid out a pattern they say runs through this whole case: a white T-shirt that tested negative for blood, a blood spatter expert who allegedly reversed his findings after a visit from the lead investigator, and a SLED captain accused of directing subordinates to bury exculpatory results. Meanwhile, a federal judge threw out Murdaugh's lawsuit against former clerk of court Becky Hill on August 5th, the case his own attorney admitted was built for one purpose: putting her under oath and pulling her records before the retrial. Gone with it is any chance of tracing the anonymous email that got a juror removed from deliberations. Two doors just closed, five months before Alex Murdaugh goes back to trial for murder. Judge Debra McCaslin, who's overseeing the retrial, has already asked prosecutors point blank how long independent testing would take, a question that doesn't leave much room to keep stalling.
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