The Latest Breaking News from Clifton Newman

Will Alex Murdaugh testify at his murder trial?

Reports say Murdaugh will testify in his own defence on Thursday at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Alex Murdaugh partner talks crime scene problems and thefts

A law partner of Alex Murdaugh has testified at his double murder trial that more than a dozen people who weren’t first responders or law enforcement walked around the scene of the killings

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial judge grills defence attorney over tweet: ‘Part of your strategy, Mr Griffin?’

On Saturday, Jim Griffin retweeted a link to a The Washington Post op-ed which read: ‘Alex Murdaugh trial reveals a sloppy investigation’

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Bombshell rehab call reveals Murdaugh confessing to ‘side of road’ shooting plot

Fourth week of testimony underway in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Judge makes u-turn allowing jurors to hear evidence of botched hitman plot

Fourth week of testimony underway in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

‘Do you think I killed Paul?’: Jurors watch video of Alex Murdaugh’s final interview with investigators

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Judge Clifton Newman ruled Wednesday that jurors in the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial can hear testimony about Murdaugh’s 2021 Labor Day botched roadside suicide attempt, an unexpected reversal of a ruling he issued the same morning.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023

Alex Murdaugh’s bizarre botched hitman plot can be presented at murder trial, judge rules in reversal

Three months on from the double murders, Murdaugh allegedly paid a hitman to shoot him dead so that his son Buster would receive a $10m life insurance windfall

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Murdaugh’s sister-in-law says she encouraged Maggie to go to family's Moselle estate the night she was murdered

WALTERBORO, S.C. — The last conversation Marian Proctor had with her sister, Maggie Murdaugh, Proctor encouraged her to go spend the night at the Murdaughs' Moselle property.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023

COVID could create crisis in Alex Murdaugh murder trial

Two jurors in the double murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh have COVID, leaving the future of the proceedings in some doubt as they enter their 16th day

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial - live: Defence seeks mistrial as housekeeper recalls ‘unusual’ cleaning after murders

Third week of testimony concludes for Alex Murdaugh murder trial at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023