The Alex Murdaugh case, already one of the most obsessively followed true crime sagas in America, took another stunning turn Wednesday when the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned his murder convictions and ordered a new trial.
Murdaugh, a former attorney from a powerful Lowcountry legal dynasty, had been convicted in March 2023 of killing his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and their son, Paul Murdaugh, 22, at the family's hunting estate, Moselle, on June 7, 2021. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms without parole after a trial that drew national attention and turned a once-local scandal into a streaming-era obsession.
