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Alex Murdaugh will get a new murder trial. Here's a timeline of his case

NPR·Bill Chappell·19 days ago
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Alex Murdaugh listens to a hearing on his bid for a retrial, on Jan. 16, 2024, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C. The disgraced former attorney was convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in June 2021. Gavin McIntyre/AP/Pool/The Post and Courier hide caption toggle caption Gavin McIntyre/AP/Pool/The Post and Courier Three years after Alex Murdaugh's double-murder trial ended with two life sentences, the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday granted him a new trial in the killings of his wife and son. Murdaugh's defense team argued that a court clerk tampered with the jury in the original murder trial. In a unanimous ruling, the justices said that Becky Hill, the Colleton County clerk of court, "egregiously attacked Murdaugh's credibility and his defense, thus triggering the presumption of prejudice." The clerk "placed her fingers on the scales of justice," the court's opinion stated.…

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