Alex Murdaugh Might Get a New Murder Trial After Major Development

Alex Murdaugh could get a new murder trial after the South Carolina Supreme Court agreed to hear his jury tampering appeal.

The court could overturn a judge’s decision in January not to grant him a new trial—his legal team made the request in late 2023 over claims that now-former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill of prejudicing the jury. Murdaugh was convicted in March last year for the 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul.

The disgraced South Carolina attorney was sentenced to life in prison for the killings. But his legal team argue that Hill’s alleged interference in the case warrants a new trial.

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