Alex Murdaugh murder case gets new judge as retrial looms following Supreme Court reversal

A South Carolina judge has been assigned to take over Alex Murdaugh’s blockbuster murder case after the disgraced legal scion’s convictions in the slayings of his wife and son were overturned.

South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice John W. Kittredge signed an order Monday giving Judge Debra R. McCaslin jurisdiction over all proceedings tied to Murdaugh’s murder-case indictments.

The order gives McCaslin authority over "any future retrial on the murder charges" as well as motions...