A new trial will require a new jury, and it will be hard to find impartial individuals in the relatively small community to consider the famous case. Colleton County residents – who would be in the jury pool – followed the trial especially closely.
Ultimately, the retrial could happen in another part of the state.
“They may have to hold the next trial on the moon if they really want to try to find a jury that is unbiased and uninformed and a clean slate, because this case has generated publicity all over the world,” said Joe McCulloch, an attorney who represented two of the jurors during Murdaugh’s appeal.
He added he was confident Murdaugh’s lawyers will request a change in venue.
Murdaugh also notably testified during his trial, but may not return to the stand in a retrial.
Asked if he would testify, Harpootlian told the Today Show: “The guy that can answer that question isn’t here this morning.”
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