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Murdaugh lawyers: 'We believe him to be innocent' of killing wife and son

(11 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Columbia, South Carolina - 11 February 2026 1. Mid of Alex Murdaugh's defense team walking up for a press conference. 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dick Harpootlian, attorney: "Yes, it was very different than, than the, than the hearing in front of Chief Justice Toal. Very different." Reporter: "In what way?" Dick Harpootlian, attorney: "Well, the, I mean, the questions that were asked, the comments that were made would indicate a different view of the law of evidence, and procedure. This, the court apparently had questions about how she conducted the hearing, the ruling she made. Which could be good, could be bad, but I mean, there's no way to predict what's going to happen." 3. Wide of South Carolina Supreme Court building. 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Griffin, attorney: "This really is the first time that every justice asked multiple questions. So they were all engaged, they were all, and, and , and, you know, some of the questions, frankly, dove into a lot of the granular factual details that, that we did not anticipate. So you could tell that they've, they've studied everything about this case, the trial transcript, the evidence that was presented, and the legal arguments. But I'm like Dick. You, you, you can, drive yourself crazy reading tea leaves and predicting the outcome. So that's an impossible task. But, but we felt good about the court's level of engagement." 5. Wide of the South Carolina Supreme Court building. 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dick Harpootlian, attorney: "Strongest point, I think the jury tampering by the court is something they were engaged in. They asked very pointed questions of Creighton Waters. I feel that they're very interested in that. And again, you can't predict what they're going to do, but they were interested in the cases that we talked about. And I think, I mean, I think when Phil got back up. And they were asking questions. About the clerk, and he pointed out she was a self-confessed perjurer, so one of the justices reacted to that. So I mean, I think. Look Do I regret anything we did today? No. Am I proud of the arguments we made? Yes. Did we cover everything we needed to cover? I think we did." 7. Mid of law enforcement officers standing outside of the South Carolina Supreme Court building. 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dick Harpootlian, attorney: "Well, as you know, he's not going to get out of jail if we win this. He believes, advocates that he did not kill Maggie and Paul. He believes somebody else did." Jim Griffin: "Well he knows it." Dick Harpootlian: "What?" Jim Griffin, attorney: "He knows he didn't do it." Dick Harpootlian, attorney: "Yeah, he knows." Jim Griffin, attorney: "It's not a belief. So that that's what he expresses to us, but , but frankly, you know, he accepts that he's in prison. He Doesn't regret being in prison, believe it or not. He's got a very positive attitude. He said he deserved to go to prison for what he did financially, but he can't accept the fact that he was convicted of murdering his wife and son, to which he constantly proclaims his innocence, and we believe him to be innocent as well." Dick Harpootlian, attorney: "Always, he always has. And of course, he says , since I didn't do it. (inaudible) ought to go find who did. And again, one of the, one of our problems have been from the get-go, from that night, he was the primary suspect, the only suspect, and they've never really looked at anybody else. 9. Mid of Alex Murdaugh's defense team leaving a press conference STORYLINE: AP video shot by Erik Verduzco Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...