Alex Murdaugh listens as Judge Jean Toal delivers her verdict after a judicial hearing at The Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan. 29, 2024; Defense attorney Jim Griffin gives his closing arguments in Alex Murdaugh's trial for murder, at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, South Carolina

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South Carolina court tosses murder conviction in Alex Murdaugh case

Updated 3 hours ago
Al Jazeera
New York Post
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The state's high court ruled that Murdaugh was denied a fair trial due to comments from a court clerk suggesting guilt. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include New York Post, Al Jazeera.

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South Carolina court tosses murder conviction in Alex Murdaugh case
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Leaning left
5/13/2026

South Carolina court tosses murder conviction in Alex Murdaugh case

The state Supreme Court in South Carolina has overturned the murder conviction against lawyer Alex Murdaugh, whose case has become a source of public fascination in the United States. On Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously ordered a retrial in Murdaugh’s 2023 murder case. The lawyer had been.

Alex Murdaugh listens as Judge Jean Toal delivers her verdict after a judicial hearing at The Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan. 29, 2024; Defense attorney Jim Griffin gives his closing arguments in Alex Murdaugh's trial for murder, at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, South Carolina
New York Post
New York Post
Leaning right
5/15/2026

Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers to introduce shocking DNA findings that could upend murder cases at retrial

Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers revealed the new evidence they’ll introduce at retrial to argue the disgraced legal scion’s innocence in his wife and son’s murders – including never-before-heard DNA findings. “There was DNA under Maggie’s fingernails, male DNA that was not DNA of Alex or any other family members,” Murdaugh’s.