Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
2 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Now they’re saying the chief investigator in the case lied to the grand jury.
asserted
investigator → say → jury
Murdaugh is facing a retrial on the murder charges after the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out his convictions and life sentence, ruling that a court clerk improperly influenced jurors against him during his 2023 trial.
asserted
clerk → face → trial
Even if the longshot request to dismiss the indictments is granted by Judge Debra McCaslin at Friday’s pretrial hearing, it may not stop or even postpone an April retrial for the disgraced lawyer.
uncertain
it → dismiss → lawyer
Prosecutors can seek another set of grand jury indictments as soon as next month, and defense attorneys said they won’t stop them.
asserted
they → seek → them
A judge last year threw out a different murder case Owen was involved in because the dead woman’s mother told the agent about a suicide threat her daughter made days before she died that Owen never relayed to prosecutors or defense attorneys.
asserted
Owen → throw → prosecutors
Owen abruptly retired in 2024, not long after he was honored as State Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.
asserted
he → retire → Year
Murdaugh is spending decades in prison for stealing millions of dollars from clients, and has admitted in court that he is a thief, insurance cheat, bad lawyer, and longtime opioid addict.
asserted
he → spend → court
An earlier report from state agents said there were no blood stains, and no such evidence was introduced at trial.
asserted
evidence → say → trial
Owen also told grand jurors that the same ammunition load of buckshot in one chamber and large birdshot in the other used to kill Paul Murdaugh was found loaded in weapons all over the Murdaugh property, which wasn’t the case.
asserted
which → tell → property
Prosecutors said they had plenty of other evidence supporting the murder charges, and wrote that “a single mistake is not bad faith.”
asserted
mistake → say → charges
Owen told grand jurors about the video Paul Murdaugh recorded in which Alex Murdaugh’s voice could be heard at the scene, contradicting his denials.
uncertain
voice → tell → denials
Owen also told them about the family’s mounting debts and how Murdaugh’s schemes to steal from clients and his law firm were close to being discovered.
asserted
schemes → tell → clients
But Murdaugh’s lawyers have repeatedly pointed out how little physical evidence prosecutors have — no DNA or blood was found splattered on Murdaugh or any of his clothes, even though the killings were at close range with powerful weapons that were never found.
asserted
that → point → weapons
Prosecutors said Murdaugh killed his wife and son because he thought the sympathy generated by the killings would buy him time to cover up his thefts.
asserted
sympathy → say → thefts
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