In a bombshell decision Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the murder convictions of disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh, a ruling that makes him eligible for a new trial.
The five-member court unanimously overturned the outcome of Murdaugh’s six-week trial from 2023, which convicted him in the brutal 2021 killings of his wife Maggie, and 22-year-old son Paul, due to the “improper external influences” of former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill.
