Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking Crime News now, the former South Carolina Colleton County Clerk of Court on the murder trial of Alex Murdog, Becky Hill, plays guilty to showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court. Judge Heath Taylor sentenced to his heel to three years probation, explaining our sentence would be much harsher

if it were ever proof she tampered with the jury. That has not been proven. Jennifer Gould

has the details. Nancy, the woman whose distinctive trembling voice delivered the guilty

verdict that sealed Alex Murdo's fate, stood before a circuit judge,

admitting she secretly handed a photographer the sealed, blood-soaked photos of his slaughtered wife

and son, then lied about it under oath. Former Collection County Clerk of Court Becky Hill 58 tearfully pleaded guilty to four

felonies, two counts of misconduct in office, obstruction of justice and perjury,

for slipping the graphic kennel crime scene images to media in 2023, and swearing she never did during Murdoz's failed bid for a new trial.

Circuit Judge Heath Taylor spared her a single day, though, behind bars, sentencing her instead to

three years probation and 100 hours of community service, stating, quote, your sentence would have

been much harsher if we had found jury tampering, end quote, confirming the investigation cleared hill of swaying the 2023 jury that convicted murder of murdering Maggie 52 and Paul 22.

The disgraced clerk's misconduct extended beyond the

courthouse secrets. Hill also admitted to pocketing $11,000 in unauthorized county bonuses

and exploiting her position to profit from her rushed out book on the case called Behind the Doors of Justice.

Reading the guilty verdict made her famous, leaking the photos, and lying about it,

just made her a convicted felon.

Blanked by her husband and lawyer, Hill spoke to the court.

Listen, there is no excuse for my mistakes. I am ashamed

of them, and I will carry that shame with me for the rest of my life. The conviction immediately drew

fire from Murdoch's defense team. Attorney Dick Harputtlyan fired off a statement questioning the integrity of the jury tampering hearing, saying,

quote, if Becky admittedly committed perjury in the jury tampering hearing, what else did she lie about, end quote?

The disgraced legal sigh on 56 is already serving life without parole for the murders

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