Judge denies new murder trial for Alex Murdaugh
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A judge denied Alex Murdaugh's request for a new murder trial after he alleged a clerk tampered with the jury.
A judge denied Alex Murdaugh's request for a retrial Monday in the homicides of his wife and son.
Judge Jean Toal dismissed a motion filed by Murdaugh's attorneys last year that claimed the jury for the murder trial was tampered with by Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill, who they allege was protecting a book deal. Hill, who testified during the hearings over the motion, denied she tampered with the jury.
Murdaugh was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in prison after a jury convicted him last March of murdering his wife, Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, and son, Paul Murdaugh, 22.
They were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds near the dog kennels at the family's hunting estate in 2021.
