Alex Murdaugh’s Lawyers Want a New Trial; They Say the Court Clerk Told Jurors Not to Trust Him

Michael Gunn, principle at Forge Consulting, gives the witness oath by Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill, (R), during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse, in Walterboro, S.C., on Feb. 8, 2023. Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool/The Post And Courier via AP

COLUMBIA, S.C.—Attorneys for convicted murder Alex Murdaugh want a new trial, accusing the court clerk of improperly influencing the jury.

They’re accusing the court clerk at his double murder trial of telling jurors not to trust him when he testified in his own defense. They say she also had private conversations with the jury foreperson, and pressured jurors to come to a quick verdict.