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Trial of Alex Murdaugh

State of South Carolina v. Richard Alexander Murdaugh was the trial of former American lawyer Alex Murdaugh for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. The trial in the fourteenth circuit of the South Carolina Circuit Court began on January 25, 2023, and ended on March 2 with a guilty verdict on all four counts. Murdaugh, who had pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to two life sentences to run consecutively without the possibility of parole. He soon filed a motion for new trial, alleging that the court clerk tampered with the jury; a new trial court judge denied the motion in January 2024.

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Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, was tried and convicted in 2023 of murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul in June 2021. The case drew significant attention because it involved a respected legal figure accused of killing family members, and Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury found him guilty on all charges.

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State of South Carolina v. Richard Alexander Murdaugh was the trial of former American lawyer Alex Murdaugh for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. The trial in the fourteenth circuit of the South Carolina Circuit Court began on January 25, 2023, and ended on March 2 with a guilty verdict on all four counts. Murdaugh was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. On May 13, 2026 the State Supreme Court overturned the convictions against Murdaugh, citing jury interference by court clerk Rebecca Hill. Prosecutors intend to retry the case.

Local media called the trial South Carolina's "trial of the century" and "one of the most high-profile and sensational cases in South Carolina legal history".