Alex Murdaugh’s Legal Team Files Emergency Appeal Over Juror Misconduct Allegations, Seeking New Trial for Convicted Double Murderer
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — On Wednesday, Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorneys submitted an emergency appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court, arguing that a former court official’s alleged juror tampering compromised the disgraced attorney’s 2023 double murder conviction. The defense claims that Rebecca Hill, the former Colleton County Clerk of Court, instructed jurors to ignore evidence during deliberations, violating Murdaugh’s constitutional right to a fair trial. Prosecutors maintain that no misconduct occurred and that the conviction remains valid. The high court’s decision on whether to grant a new trial is pending, as Murdaugh, 56, serves a life sentence without parole for the June 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.