A South Carolina court clerk who faced allegations of jury tampering during the Alex Murdaugh trial announced her resignation on Monday. The Post and Courier reported that Rebecca Hill’s resignation comes amid an ongoing investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division and the State Ethics Commission. SLED has confirmed it is investigating Hill for jury …
A newly-released video shows Alex Murdaugh’s arrest in Florida for the 2021 murders of his wife and son at their family property in South Carolina. CourtTV obtained the bodycam footage which shows Murdaugh’s arrest outside a rehab facility where he underwent treatment for drug and alcohol addiction after he had a family friend shoot him …
The Murdaugh family is an affluent American family that has lived in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. Alex Murdaugh, 55, is sentenced to life in prison with no parole for the 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. He and his legal team have sought to overturn the verdict and request a …
There will be no new double murder trial for Alex Murdaugh, even though one juror says her vote was influenced by comments made by Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill. According to Juror Z, “She made it seem like he was already guilty.” Hill allegedly made comments such as “watch him closely” and “watch his body …
On Monday, a South Carolina judge denied Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new trial in the deaths of his wife and son. While Judge Jean Toal determined Clerk of Court Rebecca “Becky” Hill was not “completely credible as a witness,” she found that her actions did not influence the jury to reach their guilty verdict. …
On Monday, a juror from the Alex Murdaugh murder trial said that remarks from the Colleton County, South Carolina, Clerk of Court had an impact on her decision. CNN reports that the juror was questioned Monday during a court hearing to determine if Murdaugh should be granted a new trial. His legal team argued that …
Alex Murdaugh’s three-day evidentiary hearing takes place later this month. The hearings will held in open court and court-controlled television cameras will be allowed. They cannot, however, focus on the faces of testifying jurors, who will be referred to by their juror numbers, not their names. The hearing will determine whether Murdaugh will be granted …
A South Carolina judge on Tuesday ordered the court clerk involved in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial to testify in an upcoming hearing regarding jury tampering. Murdaugh’s legal team has accused Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of rushing jurors to reach a guilty verdict for a book she was writing and self-publishing on …
A retired South Carolina chief justice will hear arguments later this month on whether the Colleton County court clerk tampered with the jury in disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial last year. Murdaugh was convicted of the shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, and sentenced to consecutive life sentences. He has …
