Disgraced South Carolina lawyer’s previous conviction in the killings of his wife and son was overturned Alex Murdaugh arrives for the hearing Monday in Lexington, S.C. Tracy Glantz/Pool The State via AP LEXINGTON, S.C.—The new judge overseeing Alex Murdaugh’s retrial on double-homicide charges set an April 5 trial date, an aggressive timeline signaling that the do-over of one of the most-watched cases in memory will be markedly different in tone from the first.