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Alex Murdaugh is denied a new trial after a judge hears jury tampering allegations

6:07pm January 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

The South Carolina attorney appealed his conviction of killing his wife and son, arguing that the clerk of court's comments to jurors influenced their decision.

Alex Murdaugh, right, talks with his attorneys Dick Harpootlian, left, and Jim Griffin during his sentencing for stealing from 18 clients on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at the Beaufort County Courthouse in Beaufort, S.C.

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Alex Murdaugh's financial fraud victims confront him in court before his sentencing

5:49pm November 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

The emotional testimony from victims who had been duped by the disgraced lawyer came before a judge accepted a deal sentencing Murdaugh to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson talks to the media after the conviction of Alex Murdaugh outside the Colleton County Courthouse on March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C.

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A second autopsy has been done in a probe of an unsolved South Carolina death

8:22pm April 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

The autopsy was completed this weekend on the exhumed body of a teenager found dead nearly eight years ago on a South Carolina road, according to the family's lawyer.

Alex Murdaugh awaits the beginning of his bond hearing in Columbia, S.C., on Oct. 19, 2021. Murdaugh pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murdering his wife and son.

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Disbarred S.C. attorney Alex Murdaugh pleads not guilty to murdering his wife and son

11:17am July 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Court papers made public to date don't indicate how police linked the once-powerful lawyer to the June 2021 deaths. Prosecutors agreed to keep the evidence secret amid media attention.

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Judge denies prominent South Carolina attorney's request to reduce $7M bail

6:12pm January 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers say he can't afford to buy new underwear or pay his phone bill after his accounts were frozen so victims won't lose their chance to collect settlements.