Alex Murdaugh Gets a New Trial: Five Justices Unanimously Reverse His Convictions

The woman in charge of protecting Alex Murdaugh’s jury was the one who corrupted it. That is the finding of the South Carolina Supreme Court, which has unanimously reversed Murdaugh’s double murder convictions and ordered a new trial.

Former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill made repeated comments to jurors urging them to reject the defense — to watch Murdaugh closely, not to be fooled, not to be confused or thrown off by his attorneys. She told them the day he testified was “epic.” Someone from her staff told the jury deliberations shouldn’t take long. One juror — Juror Z — submitted a sworn affidavit saying Hill’s remarks made her feel like Murdaugh was already guilty before deliberations began. She had doubts about his guilt but voted to convict under pressure.

The five-justice panel found that former Chief Justice Jean Toal committed multiple legal errors in denying Murdaugh’s new trial motion. Toal placed the burden on the wrong party, questioned jurors about their internal deliberations in violation of evidence rules, and relied on those improper answers. The Supreme Court overruled one of its own prior decisions to reinforce that juror mental processes are off-limits in these proceedings.

The ruling also takes aim at the prosecution’s financial crimes presentation, which consumed over twelve hours of jury testimony across ten trial days. The court said the State went far too deep into inflammatory details with no connection to the motive theory and ordered any retrial to limit that evidence significantly. Hill pled guilty to perjury in December 2025. The Attorney General has confirmed a retrial is coming. Murdaugh stays incarcerated on financial sentences while the murder case begins again.

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