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Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions struck down by South Carolina Supreme Court

The Independent·Andrea Cavallier·22 days ago
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In a stunning legal bombshell decision Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the murder convictions of disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh. The five-member court unanimously overturned the outcome of Murdaugh’s six-week trial from 2023 which convicted him in the brutal 2021 killings of Maggie Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh. The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling denying Murdaugh’s appeal, finding serious concerns surrounding allegations of jury tampering and misconduct tied to the six-week trial in 2023 that found him guilty. The extraordinary decision throws the sprawling Murdaugh saga back into uncertainty nearly three years after a jury convicted him in the brutal killings. The case will now return to circuit court, where South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office must decide whether to retry Murdaugh for the killings.…

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