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Alex Murdaugh sues clerk whose behavior led state Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions

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Alex Murdaugh sues court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions.

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  1. Juror who helped convict Alex Murdaugh is shocked by decision to overturn guilty verdict

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

  2. Juror in Alex Murdaugh double murder trial speaks out on court’s ‘crazy’ decision to toss convictions

    Headline from New York Post ·

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    Alex Murdaugh sues clerk whose behavior led state Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions

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  1. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Alex Murdaugh murder conviction overturned by South Carolina Supreme Court (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the murder conviction of Alex Murdaugh.

  2. Breitbart News

    South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions in deaths of wife and son (opens Breitbart News)

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    The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and life sentence for the killings of his wife and his younger

  3. Fox News

    Alex Murdaugh's double murder conviction unanimously overturned by South Carolina Supreme Court (opens Fox News)

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    Alex Murdaugh's double murder conviction was unanimously overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court, which ordered a new trial citing improper jury influences by a court clerk.

  4. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder convictions overturned (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The South Carolina Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the killing of Murdaugh’s wife and son.

  5. Local News 8

    Court overturns Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and orders new trial (opens Local News 8)

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    By Eric Levenson, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and ordered a new trial in the killing of his wife and son in June 2021, saying the trial was marred by the “improper” influence of the county clerk, Becky Hill…

  6. CBS News

    Alex Murdaugh murder convictions overturned by South Carolina Supreme Court, new trial ordered (opens CBS News)

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    Alex Murdaugh was convicted of his killing his wife and his son at the family's home in 2021.

  7. Washington Examiner

    South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction (opens Washington Examiner)

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    In a unanimous ruling, South Carolina's high court ordered a new trial due to jury tampering concerns involving the county clerk.

  8. NBC News

    Juror who helped convict Alex Murdaugh is shocked by decision to overturn guilty verdict (opens NBC News)

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    A juror in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial expressed shock over the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the disgraced lawyer’s conviction, saying she never thought the county official accused of improperly influencing the jury had done so.

  9. NPR

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

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    Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced former lawyer serving a life term for the murders of his wife and son — will get a new trial in South Carolina, the state Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

  10. New York Post

    Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions shockingly overturned, new trial ordered in wild twist (opens New York Post)

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    Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced legal scion who was found guilty of killing his wife and son — had his murder convictions overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court, which claimed county clerk Becky Hill “placed her fingers on the scales of justice.”

  11. Forbes

    Alex Murdaugh Convictions Overturned By State Supreme Court (opens Forbes)

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    A South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the murder conviction of Alex Murdaugh, citing interference by the court clerk during the 2023 trial.

  12. Forbes

    Alex Murdaugh Murder Convictions Overturned, New Trial Ordered—Here’s Why (opens Forbes)

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    The former South Carolina attorney still faces decades in prison for financial crimes.

  13. The Guardian

    Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court (opens The Guardian)

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    Justices said decision was due to ‘improper external influences on the jury’ by a court clerk during the trial

  14. New York Post

    Juror in Alex Murdaugh double murder trial speaks out on court’s ‘crazy’ decision to toss convictions (opens New York Post)

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    A juror who helped convict Alex Murdaugh in the killings of his wife and son was left stunned by the South Carolina Supreme Court's "crazy" decision Wednesday to overturn the verdict.

  15. PJ Media

    Alex Murdaugh Will Get a New Trial as SC Supreme Court Overturns Murder Convictions of Wife and Son (opens PJ Media)

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    SC Supreme Court overturns Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions, orders new trial over jury interference.

  16. NBC News

    Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers reveal his reaction to overturned murder convictions (opens NBC News)

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    Alex Murdaugh is “thankful” to no longer be labeled the murderer of his wife and son after the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the 2023 verdict and sentencing, his defense lawyers said in their first interview since the bombshell ruling.

  17. Fox News

    Alex Murdaugh wins new trial after court clerk allegedly told jurors not to be 'fooled' by defense (opens Fox News)

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    Alex Murdaugh will get a new trial after the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his murder convictions, citing jury tampering by a former court clerk.

  18. KESQ Palm Springs

    Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions are gone. Here’s what that means for a retrial (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions Wednesday primarily focused on how a county clerk’s improper comments to the jury violated his right to a fair trial.

  19. NBC News

    What shocked legal experts about Alex Murdaugh’s overturned murder convictions (opens NBC News)

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    At the center of the decision to overturn Alex Murdaugh’s convictions in the murders of his wife and son is one person: a court clerk accused of behaving so egregiously that the South Carolina Supreme Court had no choice but to throw out the disgraced lawyer’s guilty verdicts

  20. New York Post

    Alex Murdaugh sues South Carolina clerk who interfered with jury that found him guilty of killing his wife and son (opens New York Post)

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    Alex Murdaugh has sued the South Carolina clerk who interfered the jury that found him guilty of killing his wife and son – just days after his conviction was overturned.

  21. The Guardian

    Alex Murdaugh retrial ruling offers twist in tangled tale of murder in US south (opens The Guardian)

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    Can a new trial bring justice in the case of the disgraced South Carolina lawyer whose conviction for killing his wife and son has been vacated after court clerk’s misconduct?

  22. CNN

    Murdaugh sues former court clerk whose actions caused his murder convictions to the be vacated (opens CNN)

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    Alex Murdaugh has filed a federal lawsuit against the now-former clerk of court whose interference with the jury in his 2023 murder trial prompted the South Carolina Supreme Court last week to overturn his double murder convictions.

  23. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Alex Murdaugh sues clerk whose behavior led state Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Alex Murdaugh sues court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions.

  24. Lamag

    Alex Murdaugh Sues Becky Hill After Convictions Overturned (opens Lamag)

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    Alex Murdaugh filed a federal lawsuit against former court clerk Becky Hill after his murder convictions were overturned over jury tampering claims.

  25. KTVZ Bend

    Murdaugh sues former court clerk whose actions caused his murder convictions to then be vacated (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Dianne Gallagher, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Alex Murdaugh has filed a federal lawsuit against the now-former clerk of court whose interference with the jury in his 2023 murder trial prompted the South Carolina Supreme Court last week to overturn his double murder convictions.

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