Andrea Canning

Corey is the mom of three who wrote a children's book about grief before she was charged with her husband Eric's murder.

Prosecutors say she laced his drink with a lethal dose of fentanyl.

Richens denies that, and she has pleaded not guilty.

Her trial, I can't believe it because I feel like I've been on this story for such a long time, it's finally underway.

There's been a lot of buzz about the questionnaire that the prospective jurors are filling out.

So the jurors will find out next week if they've been selected.

All right, we'll keep a close watch on that one.

And it brings us to our main story in Roundup this week.

On Wednesday, there was a high-stakes hearing at the Supreme Court of South Carolina in the case of Alec Murdoch, the disgraced lawyer convicted of fatally shooting his wife Maggie and their 21-year-old son Paul.

Mario, before we get into what's new here, just give a really quick recap of this complicated story.

Okay.

Murdoch ultimately was sentenced to life in prison, and he got a life sentence for each of the murders.

So, Mario, tell us what his team is now arguing to the Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Yeah, this was a lot of drama involving this clerk.

Remind people of what happened with her.

Okay, what does the defense say Ms.

Becky did that specifically violated Murdoch's right to a fair trial?

Let's listen to Murdoch's defense team make their case to the justices on Wednesday.

Mary, what do the prosecutors say in response to this argument?

And so if the court were to grant Murdoch a new trial, do we think he stays behind bars?