KILLER LAWYER ALEX MURDAUGH ESCAPES MURDER CONVICTION, CASE REVERSED
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction has been unanimously overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court. A new trial has been ordered for the disgraced attorney privously convicted for the murders of his wife and son. The ruling was based on jury tampering accusations against court clerk Becky Hill, of improperly influencing jurors, depriving Murdaugh of a fair trial. The court also noted that the original trial judge erred by allowing extensive testimony on Murdaugh's financial crimes.
The two consecutive life sentences against Murdaugh have been vacated. Prosecutors now intend to retry the murder case by January 2027. Murdaugh will remain in prison, as he is still serving roughly 67 years for numerous financial crimes and fraud, to which he plead guilty.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Amie Williams - juror in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial / Author of "The Long Road to Justice: Unraveling Alex Murdaugh's Tangled Web"
- John Mobley - Trial attorney, John Mobley Law Firm, https://johnmobley.com/
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Host of a new podcast "On The Couch with Dr. Bethany Marshall," Author: "Deal Breaker,” featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
- Dr. Michelle DuPre - forensic pathologist and former medical examiner, former detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Author: “Money, Mischief, and Murder: The Murdaugh Dynasty...the Rest of the Story," "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Child Abuse Investigation Field Guide", rorensic consultant, DMichelleDupreMD.com
- Jennifer Wood - Journalist and Director of research at FITSNews.com, Twitter: @IndyJenn_,
- Dave Mack- Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:12.0 | Killer lawyer Alex Murdoch escapes his murder convictions. |
| 0:17.6 | That's right. |
| 0:18.6 | The case reversed. |
| 0:20.8 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:24.8 | Tell me it's not true. Yes, I predicted it, but please tell me it's not true. |
| 0:30.9 | Sources stating there's a unanimous vote coming down for reversal. I think it is true. I think we might be looking at a new trial. |
| 0:38.0 | There's going to be a reversal because Alex's Sixth Amendment right to a fair and impartial jury |
| 0:43.9 | trial may have been compromised. The bombshell has left a crater and it's mighty wide. |
| 0:51.0 | Straight out to Jennifer Wood joining us. Direct Director Research Fitz News. Well, nobody believed |
| 0:57.5 | us last week when we reported the case is getting reversed. And it has been. What happened? |
| 1:04.6 | The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Alex Murdoch's trial was not fair, that the jury tampering affected the verdict, |
| 1:16.9 | and they have remanded it back to the circuit court for further proceedings and likely a new trial. |
| 1:24.3 | Well, what alternative is there, Jennifer Wood? |
| 1:26.6 | Do you actually think there won't be a new trial |
| 1:28.9 | and the state will take a plea and the defense will take a plea? I don't see that happening. Me either. |
| 1:34.1 | I do not anticipate a plea. I believe we are looking at a new trial and based on Attorney General |
| 1:40.3 | Alan Wilson's comments yesterday, we're looking at a new trial sooner rather than later. |
| 1:46.2 | Jennifer Wood, what was the grounds of reversal? |
| 1:49.1 | The grounds of reversal was that former clerk of court, Colleton County, Becky Hill, had had conversations |
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