What Alex Murdaugh's Lawyers Claimed About A Polygraph

Polygraph results can't be used as evidence in court. That hasn't stopped them from becoming a flashpoint heading into Alex Murdaugh's retrial, after his own attorneys once told a court that Curtis Eddie Smith failed one when asked about the murders of Maggie and Paul. Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke take listener questions on why prosecutors are moving to bar the subject entirely.
That motion is part of a larger filing. Prosecutors want a new jury to hear Murdaugh's own 2023 testimony, including his admission that he lied to investigators for roughly eighteen months about being at the kennels the night his wife and son were killed, and his denial of the killings themselves. The state is also renewing a motion to keep third-party guilt evidence from the jury, pushing for a fresh review of digital evidence, and opposing the defense's request for independent DNA testing.
Murdaugh's defense has answered with its own filing: a supplemental Brady and Giglio motion demanding prosecutors search again for favorable evidence generated since the first trial and certify in writing, within thirty days, that the search was complete. Ten categories are listed, covering everything from plea deals to lab proficiency testing, and the motion doesn't name a single witness or document.
Judge Debra McCaslin has tentatively set the retrial for April 5, 2027. Dreeke weighs what the polygraph fight and the certification demand both say about where this case stands. Murdaugh is presumed innocent.
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