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Alex Murdaugh continues to insist he didn’t kill wife and son as he gets another day in court
Murdaugh's lawyers cite jury tampering by a court clerk and trial errors in their bid for a new trial in his 2023 double murder conviction.
- On Wednesday, Murdaugh's attorneys will appear at the South Carolina Supreme Court to argue for a new trial without Alex Murdaugh present in the courtroom.
- Citing trial problems, the defense argues Murdaugh's attorneys seek a new trial over alleged jury tampering by Becky Hill and claim prejudicial evidence and investigative failures in Colleton County circuit court.
- Recorded and sworn testimony revealed that prosecutors played February 1 video evidence contradicting Alex Murdaugh’s claim, and on February 23 testimony he admitted lying but denied killing his wife and son.
- The appeals process has already produced rulings, with the South Carolina Court of Appeals ordering the case back to circuit court to consider jury-tampering allegations and the South Carolina Supreme Court agreeing to hear Murdaugh's appeal despite Judge Jean Toal ruling no new trial was warranted.
- Beyond the murder case, the saga encompasses the Murdaugh family's long 14th Circuit influence, nearly $5 million in financial indictments, a federal grand jury's 22-count indictment, reopened Gloria Satterfield probes, and court clerk Hill's May 2025 charges.
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Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorney argued on Wednesday that the South Carolina Supreme Court should overturn his guilty verdict in the June 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul.
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