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Hey there, folks.

It is Monday, June 29th.

And what an eventful yet brief hearing for Alex Murdoch, back in court for the first time since his double murder convictions were thrown out.

And it was contentious at times. And with that, welcome to

this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs contentious. But a pretty big debate was going on having to do

with D.N.A. Are you serious? Do we really have DNA worth testing that could change this case altogether?

Look, we talked about this this morning. This was the first I had ever heard about DNA underneath

the nails, I believe, of the left hand of his wife, Maggie Murdo. And we know this much that DNA does not belong to Alex Murdaugh.

And the prosecution is trying to say, hey, she had no defensive wounds. This wouldn't matter.

She could have picked it up a number of ways, but no one's ever said there was a struggle

when it came to these murders. Both she and her son, Paul, were shot to death.

And look, the defense said, hold up. There were some things pointing to a possible struggle.

A bullet casing was underneath her. Her phone was nowhere to be found.

So, yes, the DNA became a big part of this hearing today. It's going to be a big part of the case, but this hearing was, yes, a preliminary hearing to simply set the schedule, they say. But he's back in court. His convictions were thrown out last month, the double convictions because of wrongdoing by the clerk at the time. We kind of tainted the jury. But here is where we are. But Roves, there were several issues, several motions. And these are everything we want to get to and get you caught up because we were talking about this case earlier before it did take place. Actually, Robes, I told you, wow, we're going to have to do a follow-up. I didn't know it was going to be this much stuff that came out of this. Thoughts just going to be some scheduling. Yeah, you kept saying as we were listening to it, man, this is actually very interesting.

This isn't just paperwork or logistics or scheduling, as you pointed out.

This actually had some meat and some real content.

And look, the world was watching.

I think the judge started off by saying, well, we've got a full house.

There's a lot of interest in this case.

And it has been for quite some time since the murders did take place and certainly since he was going. by saying, well, we've got a full house. There's a lot of interest in this case.

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