{"id":128664,"date":"2026-05-13T11:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/court-overturns-alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-and-orders-new-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:36:13","slug":"court-overturns-alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-and-orders-new-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/court-overturns-alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-and-orders-new-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Court overturns Alex Murdaugh\u2019s murder convictions and orders new trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligq91k000x26p57xtn55xp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned Alex Murdaugh\u2019s murder convictions and ordered a new trial in the killing of his wife and son in June 2021, saying the trial was marred by the \u201cimproper\u201d influence of the county clerk Becky Hill.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp453ink00003b6ruhsjarjj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAlthough we are aware of the time, money, and effort expended for this lengthy trial, we have no choice but to reverse the denial of Murdaugh\u2019s motion for a new trial due to Hill\u2019s improper external influences on the jury and remand for a new trial,\u201d the justices wrote in a 5-0 vote.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligz1h7000s3b6px2vhqp0k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ruling is<strong> <\/strong>the latest twist in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/murdaugh-family-deaths-timeline\">sprawling Murdaugh saga<\/a> that has riveted the public and spawned true crime documentaries, podcasts and books.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligzarl000v3b6ppyb2ykzk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Murdaugh, a prominent attorney from a South Carolina Lowcountry legal dynasty, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/02\/us\/alex-murdaugh-trial-defense-closings-thursday\/index.html\">convicted by a jury<\/a> of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, in March 2023.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlih0ef000133b6ptvdkflt6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The six-week trial featured extensive testimony about Murdaugh stealing millions of dollars from vulnerable clients and his own law firm. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/23\/us\/key-moments-alex-murdaugh-trial-testimony\">took the stand<\/a> in his own defense and denied he killed his wife and son \u2013 a position he still maintains \u2013 even as he admitted to massive financial theft and admitted he had lied to investigators about his whereabouts just prior to the killings.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligzkjt000y3b6p5jqh7eid@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Murdaugh, 57, received two life sentences for the murder charges. He separately pleaded guilty to dozens of financial crimes and is serving concurrent state and federal sentences of 27 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/01\/us\/alex-murdaugh-federal-sentencing\">40 years<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligtfcm000l3b6pq9905d7a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Murdaugh\u2019s attorneys appealed the murder convictions, saying the trial was tainted by a county clerk\u2019s improper comments to jurors, prejudicial evidence and failures at trial.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligs5ht000b3b6p7fz5ylne@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In contrast, prosecutors argued the convictions should stand.<strong> <\/strong>Murdaugh was convicted because the evidence against him was overwhelming and he was \u201cobviously guilty,\u201d they said. Prosecutors acknowledged the clerk\u2019s comments were inappropriate but said they were minor in the grand scheme of the trial.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligs898000f3b6ph43tzgp6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At a February hearing on the appeal, the five-member panel of justices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/11\/us\/alex-murdaugh-murder-appeal\">appeared skeptical<\/a> of the prosecution\u2019s arguments.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlihp08l00283b6phpjym4xc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The murder trial was the capstone to a remarkable fall from grace for the personal injury lawyer, whose father, grandfather and great-grandfather served as the local prosecutor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/15\/us\/murdaugh-family-deaths-timeline\/index.html\">consecutively from 1920 to 2006<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlihtkbe002k3b6p6ff8f3p6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Murdaugh was a partner at a powerful law firm with his name on it. But that prominence belied underlying issues, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/15\/us\/murdaugh-family-deaths-timeline\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">killings of his wife and son were followed by<\/a> accusations of misappropriated funds, his resignation, a bizarre alleged suicide-for-hire and insurance scam plot, a stint in rehab for drug addiction, dozens of financial crimes, his disbarment and, ultimately, the murder charges.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligumhx000o3b6p0l4lzitn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Murdaugh\u2019s appeal focused on alleged comments to jurors from former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/08\/us\/murdaugh-killings-court-clerk\">county clerk Becky Hill<\/a>, who worked during Murdaugh\u2019s trial and later wrote a tell-all book about it.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlihj3ps001e3b6pmfs51rxd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Murdaugh\u2019s attorneys argued Hill improperly influenced jurors during the trial by making comments, such as \u201cwatch his body language,\u201d implying Murdaugh\u2019s guilt. A few jurors affirmed she made these comments in affidavits and in testimony,<strong> <\/strong>but the majority said they did not hear them.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlih0mld00163b6p59lcl3gr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In January 2024, after a one-day evidentiary hearing, retired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/29\/us\/alex-murdaugh-murder-trial-hearing\">South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal<\/a> determined those comments did not influence the jury\u2019s verdict and denied Murdaugh\u2019s request for a new trial. Still, Toal found Hill made improper comments to the jury, was not credible and was \u201cattracted by the siren call of celebrity.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmligqacz00003b6ptcuyl6bi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hill was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/14\/us\/alex-murdaugh-trial-court-clerk-becky-hill-charges\">charged last May<\/a> with perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct. The charges alleged she made sealed evidence available to the media, lied under oath about doing so, and used her court position to promote her book about the trial. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/08\/us\/murdaugh-killings-court-clerk\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to the charges in December 2025 and was sentenced to three years of probation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlihmi8b001x3b6pwx3n8k39@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Murdaugh\u2019s attorneys argued her comments violated his right to a fair trial and an impartial jury, while prosecutors downplayed their importance.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlihk1u0001n3b6plardh69k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The appeal also challenged whether the prosecution\u2019s extensive focus on Murdaugh\u2019s financial crimes was appropriate in a murder trial.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlihlmpt001u3b6pamdwqrei@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At the trial, a series of witnesses testified about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/06\/us\/alex-murdaugh-trial-monday\">Murdaugh\u2019s history of financial crimes<\/a> as prosecutors sought to show he killed his wife and son to fend off a \u201cgathering storm\u201d that he believed would soon expose him as a fraud. This evidence was key to their theory of his motive, prosecutors said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlihmmez001z3b6pw45wowxs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, Murdaugh\u2019s attorneys argued this motive did not make logical sense. They said the prosecution improperly used the financial crimes evidence to malign Murdaugh\u2019s character and argued it should have been limited or completely excluded from the trial.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp45ftmb00033b6r7w06emhz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/13\/us\/alex-murdaugh-murder-appeal\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned Alex Murdaugh\u2019s murder convictions and ordered a new trial in the killing of his wife and son in June 2021, saying the trial was marred by the \u201cimproper\u201d influence of the county clerk Becky Hill. \u201cAlthough we are aware of the time, money, and effort expended for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","_gspb_post_css":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2725],"tags":[5095,31167,6088,35327,9389,18295,8599,5369],"class_list":["post-128664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-alex","tag-convictions","tag-court","tag-murdaughs","tag-murder","tag-orders","tag-overturns","tag-trial"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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