BIZARRE EXCUSE FROM CLERK WHO DESTROYED ALEX MURDAUGH'S MURDER CONVICTION
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 27 June 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh, who's murder conviction has been overturned, is suing former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill. He alleging she violated his civil rights by tampering with the jury during his 2023 double-murder trial. Hill previously pleaded guilty to state charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and misconduct in office. Comments Hill made to jurors was considered as improperly influencing the verdict.
The complaint claims Hill wanted a guilty verdict to help sell her upcoming book about the trial. Murdaugh's team is seeking more than $600,000 in compensatory damages—mostly tied to the costs of the original trial—along with punitive damages. His attorneys have stated that any recovered money will not go to Murdaugh personally, but is intended to hold Hill accountable.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Mark Peper - Criminal defense attorney The Peper Law Firm, PeperLawFirm.com, Twitter: @PeperLawFirm
- Chris Mcdonough - Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, https://www.coldcasefoundation.org/chris-mcdonough---law-enforcement-relations.html, Host of YouTube channel, The Interview Room.
- Dr. Kendal Crowns - Ft. Worth, TX Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue", Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
- GiGi McKelvey - Journalist, Host of the podcast “Pretty Lies And Alibis,” prettyliesandalibis.org , Facebook, IG, TikTok: @PrettyLies And Alibis, Twitter: @PrettyLiesAlibi
- Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson - Alex Murdaugh's former housekeeper
- Dave Mack- Crime Stories investigative reporter
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.4 | In the last days, we learned the bizarre excuse from a previously competent court clerk |
| 0:18.4 | who destroyed double killer Alex Murdoch's murder case, this while she |
| 0:24.9 | dodges a lawsuit. I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:32.6 | That's right. The South Carolina court clerk who destroyed Alex Murdoch's double murder conviction has offered an |
| 0:39.7 | excuse for why the civil lawsuit against her should be thrown out. What lawsuit? Alex Murdoch |
| 0:49.0 | sued the clerk, Becky Hill, over claims she interfered with the jury that found him guilty of |
| 0:56.4 | killing his wife and son. Now, I believe the evidence convicted him. If he wants to blame it all |
| 1:04.4 | on Becky Hill, fine. But Alex Murdoch has sued the South Carolina court clerk for $600,000. |
| 1:14.2 | He claims she swayed jurors to convict him and that she should pay legal costs. |
| 1:21.1 | Some people think he should be paying her $600,000 because he's getting a new trial on a double murder conviction. |
| 1:29.2 | That said, what do the facts reveal? |
| 1:33.5 | The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Alex Murdoch's trial was not fair, that the jury tampering |
| 1:43.7 | affected the verdict. |
| 1:45.0 | With all of that evidence, how could they vote any other way? |
| 1:50.0 | Alex Murdole is a liar and a thief and a generally despicable human being. |
| 1:55.0 | I really think the only thing they had, his voice being on the Snapchat. |
| 1:59.0 | Whoopsie. |
| 2:05.3 | Be careful what you ask, dear, for you will surely get it. |
| 2:10.6 | That should be the phrase ringing in Alex Mardog's ears about right now. He appealed his double murder conviction. |
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