COLUMBIA — The judge selected to oversee the double murder retrial of Alex Murdaugh once praised the alleged killer’s lead defense counsel as one of three lawyers who “made an impression“ in her life. On June 8, the S.C. Supreme Court ordered Judge Debra McCaslin to oversee all ongoing criminal matters related to Murdaugh, including a retrial for allegedly killing his wife and youngest son in 2021 on their family farm in Colleton County.