The South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear arguments and decide if a judge ruled incorrectly that former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh shouldn’t be granted a new murder trial over a claim of jury tampering.
Attorneys for convicted killer and former Lowcountry lawyer Alex Murdaugh are asking the state’s top court to review a judge’s decision to deny Murdaugh a new trial based on jury tampering.
Senator Dick Harpootlian hosted a press conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning to address the results of Tuesday’s race for the District 26 Senate seat.
A private detective agency is suing the law firm that represented Parker’s Kitchen over claims they breached their contract with the agency that was a part of a “shadow campaign” to investigate Paul Murdaugh.
Over a year after the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh shined a light on the small city of Walterboro, the area has seen a significant increase in tourism and an economic boost.
Newly-released prison texts reveal convicted criminal Raymond Moody, who’s now serving a life sentence for kidnapping, raping and murdering 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel, sympathized with fellow convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh.
Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh said an FBI agent conducting a polygraph test the agency said the convicted killer flunked asked odd questions and confided he had just examined the notorious Dutch killer of an Alabama teen, throwing the results off.
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh didn’t tell the truth when FBI agents repeatedly asked him where more than $6 million he stole ended up and whether another attorney not yet identified helped him steal from clients and his law firm, federal prosecutors said in court documents Tuesday.
It has been one year since convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh learned his fate after killing his wife and youngest son on the family’s hunting property in rural Colleton County.
By Patrick Phillips, James Pollard, Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Jeffrey Collins
A South Carolina judge denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new double-murder trial on Monday after his defense team accused a clerk of court with tampering with a jury.
In what a judge described as “unusual waters” a juror from the Alex Murdaugh case took the stand, several days before a full evidentiary hearing is scheduled to begin as part of the defense team’s bid for a new murder trial.
An evidentiary hearing to determine if convicted killer Alex Murdaugh will get a new trial will not see attorneys who tried the case or the judge who heard it.
The judge who gained national attention when he presided over the Alex Murdaugh murder trial may have to testify at a hearing later this month as Murdaugh seeks a new murder trial.
The co-author of a book on the Alex Murdaugh murder trial at the center of a plagiarism controversy will donate recent proceeds of the book to Lowcountry scholarships.
Attorneys representing convicted killer Alex Murdaugh, who is seeking a new murder trial, have been ordered to submit their request directly to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
New allegations are being raised against Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill, this time from the co-author of her book about the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
Colleton County has released thousands of pages of internal emails written by embattled Clerk of Court Becky Hill, whose role in the Alex Murdaugh trial has become the center of a saga in its own right.
The 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office on Monday asked South Carolina’s attorney general to open grand jury investigations into public corruption in two counties.
The former attorney and associate of convicted killer Alex Murdaugh who pleaded guilty to various state charges has been officially disbarred by the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh is expected back in court this week to learn how long he will spend in prison after a plea deal on financial crime charges.
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has agreed to enter guilty pleas to several financial crimes as part of a plea agreement, prosecutors said Friday
Court documents indicate the judge who presided over the murder trial for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has asked for a new judge to be assigned to handle post-trial motions related to the case.
Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh on Monday asked the court to change the location or delay the start of his upcoming financial trial for at least a year citing the media frenzy brought on by his six-week murder trial.
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office is asking the court to deny Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new trial prompted by allegations of jury tampering on the part of the clerk of court.
The defense representing convicted killer and disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh wants the judge who presided over his murder trial removed from all future trials and hearings.
The Colleton County clerk of court “betrayed her oath of office for money and fame,” attorneys for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh said while asking for a new trial for their client.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals is allowing convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh to set aside his appeal of his conviction in the June 2021 killings of his wife and son so that he can then officially request a new trial in circuit court.
Federal prosecutors responded to a request by convicted killer Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys asking the government to take control of his assets from co-receivers appointed by a state judge.
