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  • Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder convictions overturned

    05/13/2026 8:22:47 AM PDT · by bitt · 29 replies
    https://www.nbcnews.com/ ^ | May 13, 2026 | Juliette Arcodia and Daniel Arkin
    The South Carolina Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the killings of Murdaugh’s wife and son. The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder convictions and life sentence, ordering a new trial in the killings of his wife and son. In the latest twist in a winding legal saga, the state’s top court ruled that Murdaugh was denied his right to a fair trial because of Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca “Becky” Hill’s “improper external influences on the jury.” “Hill placed her fingers on the scales of justice,” the court wrote in...