05/14/2026
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 South Carolina’s supreme court has overturned the 2023 murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced lawyer who was convicted of the double murder of his wife, Margret, and son, Paul who were shot on the family hunting estate.
On Wednesday, the state’s supreme court ordered a new trial for Alex Murdaugh, who has been serving two life sentences for the June 2021 murders. He is also serving two additional 27 and 40 years sentences for state and federal finance crimes.
In a 5-0 ruling, the court said Murdaugh deserved a new trial because the local county clerk had unfairly biased a jury against him.
In a statement, Attorney General Alan Wilson said his office would ‘aggressively seek to retry Alex Murdaugh for the murders of Maggie and Paul as soon as possible’.
A new trial date is yet to be set.
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