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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers want a new trial. They say the court clerk told jurors not to trust him

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Attorneys for convicted murder Alex Murdaugh want a new trial, accusing the court clerk of improperly influencing the jury.

They're accusing the court clerk at his double murder trial of telling jurors not to trust him when he testified in his own defense. They say she also had private conversations with the jury foreperson, and pressured jurors to come to a quick verdict.

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