By Thad Moore
The Post And Courier
Lawyers for the infamous former attorney Alex Murdaugh are pushing to delay his upcoming trial on alleged financial crimes, arguing it will be impossible to find 12 jurors in Beaufort County impartial to his case.
Murdaugh’s defense team technically requested to move his trial out of Beaufort County based on the overwhelming majority of potential jurors who have told court officials they’re familiar with Murdaugh from media coverage.
But in a motion dated Nov. 9, Murdaugh defense attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin are not exactly optimistic about the jury pool anywhere else. It would be better, they argue, to just delay the trial altogether.
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