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Murdaugh hasn't even started the regular appeals of his sentence, where his lawyers are expected to argue several reasons why his murder trial was unfair.

A South Carolina judge on Monday denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial after his defense team accused a clerk of court of tampering with a jury.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle motorcycle accident that left a man critically injured in Colleton County over the weekend,

Jails ordered to release non-exempt recordings of the phone calls...

Protecting a verdict?

A judge will decide if Alex Murdaugh deserves a new trial for killing his wife and son. He claims the court clerk tampered with the jury before deliberations.

A South Carolina judge has denied Alex Murdaughs bid for a new double-murder trial after hearing allegations that jury tampering influenced the guilty verdict.

The South Carolina attorney appealed his conviction of killing his wife and son, arguing that the clerk of court's comments to jurors influenced their decision.

Jury tampering is the basis for Murdaugh's appeal, but Judge Jean Toal set a difficult standard for his lawyers. She ruled the defense must prove that potential misconduct by Hill directly led jurors to change their minds to guilty.

A South Carolina judge has denied Alex Murdaughs bid for a new double-murder trial after hearing allegations that jury tampering influenced the guilty verdict. The convicted killer of his wife