Alex Murdaugh

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers are asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions. They argue that the trial judge's rulings and a biased court clerk prevented a fair trial.

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers are asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions.

From allegations of jury tampering to a judge's decision to allow testimony about other crimes, Alex Murdaugh's defense team hopes the state's highest court will rule the former attorney did not get a fair trial.

Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 for the murder of his wife Maggie and son Paul.

Former South Carolina court clerk Becky Hill has pleaded guilty to showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court. Hill was arrested in May on charges including obstruction of justice and perjury.

Russell Laffitte, a former bank CEO who pleaded guilty to helping in Alex Murdaugh's financial schemes, was sentenced on state charges on Oct. 13. His sentence will run concurrent with his federal sentence.

A former court clerk who helped with the murder trial that led to the conviction of once-powerful South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been arrested.

Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh are taking two paths to appeal his murder convictions for killing his wife and son, saying that a court clerk pushed a guilty verdict to jurors to sell books and that the trial judge allowed improper evidence like the disgraced South Carolina lawyer's financial crimes.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 16, 2024: host Gavin Jackson has a conversation with Wall Street Journal reporter and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bauerlein on her book The Devil at his Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty.

Russell Laffitte, the banker who prosecutors said helped Alex Murdaugh move millions of dollars around to avoid detection of his thefts in exchange for a share of the money, had his conviction and seven-year prison sentence overturned on appeal Thursday.