On September 8, 2026, Judge Debra McCaslin filed an eight-page order moving Alex Murdaugh's retrial out of Colleton County, 86 miles away to Sumter County, a venue neither side requested. The order cites the 2023 double murder trial, where roughly 900 Colleton County residents were summoned, 123 qualified, and every member of the final panel said they had heard of the case. It also notes that three generations of Murdaughs held the Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office from 1920 to 2006, and that associating the Murdaugh name with public service or with privilege and resentment disqualifies a juror. Defense attorney Harpootlian had promised McCaslin the defense would never appeal the venue issue if the case went to Charleston. The discussion now…