Alex Murdaugh murder trial

Known for the Murdaugh trial, retired judge Clifton Newman shares life after sentencing, his family's civil rights history and thoughts on the recent push against diversity, equity and inclusion.

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.

Alex Murdaugh's appeal of a 40-year federal financial crimes sentence is denied but he's filed others, in his double murder conviction.

The appeals are just beginning for disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is almost three years into a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son.

South Carolina officials have filed 76 counts of ethics violations against the court clerk who handled the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.

Since 2005, a third of local newspapers in the U.S. have closed as newsrooms try to evolve for survival. For one South Carolina reporter, threats of buyouts and business changes haven't slowed him down.

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.

Alex Murdaugh’s rubbed his furrowed forehead with unshackled hands and took notes Tuesday as Judge Jean Toal laid out strict parameters for how a retrial hearing will proceed at month’s end.

Alex Murdaugh's defense team and the state submit briefs to the state Supreme Court this week as a new judge prepares to consider granting the convicted murderer a new trial because of jury tampering allegations.