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Showdown over evidence, leaks looming in Alex Murdaugh case

FILE - Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, left, walks into court for his bond hearing on Sept. 16, 2021, in Varnville, S.C. Murdaugh was charged Thursday, July 14, 2022, with murder in connection with the mysterious 2021 deaths of his wife and son. A showdown between defense attorneys for Murdaugh who say prosecutors are unfairly withholding evidence and those prosecutors who want the defense to agree to secrecy rules first is heading for a courtroom next week. In their latest court filing, defense lawyers said the secrecy rules as Murdaugh awaits a murder trial in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son are hypocritical. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

FILE - Alex Murdaugh appears for a hearing at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A showdown between defense attorneys for Murdaugh who say prosecutors are unfairly withholding evidence and those prosecutors who want the defense to agree to secrecy rules first is heading for a courtroom next week. In their latest court filing, defense lawyers said the secrecy rules as Murdaugh awaits a murder trial in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son are hypocritical. (Gavin McIntyre/The Post And Courier via AP)

Showdown over evidence, leaks looming in Alex Murdaugh case