3 Years Into Life Sentence, Alex Murdaugh to Get His Day Before South Carolina Supreme Court

3 Years Into Life Sentence, Alex Murdaugh to Get His Day Before South Carolina Supreme Court
Alex Murdaugh, convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in June 2021, sits during a hearing on a motion for a retrial, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 16, 2024. Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool
The Associated Press
Updated:
0:00

COLUMBIA, S.C.—The appeals are just beginning for disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is almost three years into a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear Murdaugh’s appeal of his murder convictions. His lawyers said they resulted from jury tampering by the clerk of court who watched over jurors during his six-week trial.