Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison after conviction in double murder trial during his sentencing at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on March 3, 2023, after he was found guilty on all four counts. Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and life sentence on May 13 in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son.
The justices unanimously ruled the conduct by the court clerk “egregiously attacked Murdaugh’s credibility.”
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