Why double jeopardy doesn’t apply after court overturns Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s dramatic downfall was sealed following a sensational six-week 2023 trial in which he was convicted of murdering his wife and son. But the long-running saga involving the scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors took an unexpected