The Alex Murdaugh crime scene has returned to the centre of national attention after South Carolina's Supreme Court overturned the disgraced lawyer's murder convictions, triggering fresh scrutiny over the deaths of his wife and son and the conduct of jurors during the trial. The dramatic ruling stunned at least one juror who helped convict Murdaugh in 2023, with the juror saying she never believed the court clerk improperly influenced the panel.
Murdaugh, once a prominent attorney from a powerful South Carolina legal family, was convicted of murdering his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and their 22-year-old son, Paul Murdaugh, at the family's Moselle estate in June 2021. Prosecutors argued he killed them to divert attention from mounting financial crimes that threatened to expose years of fraud and theft.
