South Carolina High Court Tosses Murdaugh Murder Convictions Over Jury Tampering
May 13, 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously overturned the murder convictions and life sentence of Alex Murdaugh, ruling that a court clerk’s misconduct and the admission of unrelated financial evidence poisoned the 2023 trial. In a scathing decision, the justices found that Colleton
County Clerk of Court Becky Hill “egregiously attacked Murdaugh’s credibility” by […]
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