South Carolina Supreme Court grants Alex Murdaugh's appeal for new trial
Justices said county clerk Becky Hill’s improper comments tainted the 2021 murder trial, forcing a retrial after Murdaugh’s 2023 convictions.
- On Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and ordered a new trial, citing "improper external influences on the jury" by former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill in a unanimous 5-0 decision.
- Evidence cited by the court indicated Hill urged jurors to "watch his body language" and "Don't let the defense confuse you," marring the 2023 trial that convicted Murdaugh of killing his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul.
- Following her resignation in March 2024, Hill pleaded guilty in December 2025 to perjury and obstruction of justice charges for using her court position to promote a book about the trial, receiving three years of probation.
- Despite the vacated murder convictions, the 57-year-old Murdaugh will remain imprisoned while serving concurrent state and federal sentences totaling 40 years for dozens of financial crimes, keeping him incarcerated for decades.
- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson must now decide whether to retry Murdaugh for the 2021 killings of Maggie and Paul in circuit court, determining the next phase of the sprawling legal saga.
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