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Alex Murdaugh confronted by theft victims at sentencing: ‘What kind of animal are you?’

Victims of Murdaugh’s fraud scheme spoke at his sentencing on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh takes plea deal in financial fraud case

Guilty plea in state financial crimes case comes as Murdaugh is fighting for a new trial over the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s trial begins soon. His lawyers say it’s impossible to find impartial jurors

Pretrial questionnaires from a potential jury pool revealed they had extensive knowledge of the Alex Murdaugh case and that they could not be impartial in their decision

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Latest fight in the Alex Murdaugh case is over who controls the convicted murderer's assets

Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh want the federal government to take over whatever is left of the millions of dollars and other assets the convicted murderer stole and earned through his legal work

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh lawyers say he can’t afford a second trial as they float explosive new murder suspect theory

Lawyers appeared at CrimeCon 2023 on Saturday in Orlando, Florida for ‘tell-all’ conversation

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh gives scathing response to South Carolina prosecutors in jury tampering saga

‘The State unfortunately has chosen to respond in bad faith to these serious allegations,’ write attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin

The Independent UK

Will Alex Murdaugh be granted a new trial? Legal expert weighs in

Exclusive: Prominent defence attorney Duncan Levin tells Rachel Sharp that the allegations against court clerk Rebecca Hill are ‘extremely serious’ and that – if true – Murdaugh could and should be granted a new trial

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Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new trial complicated by angry husband’s Facebook rant

Little did Timothy Stone know a brief family spat would become central to the so-called ‘trial of the century’ – and efforts by convicted killer Murdaugh to be granted a new trial for the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to committing crime for first time

While Murdaugh admitted to stealing millions from clients during bombshell courtroom testimony at his murder trial, this marks the first time that he has ever pleaded guilty to committing a crime

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new trial complicated by angry husband’s Facebook rant

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh makes his first appearance in court since his murder trial

Disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has appeared publicly for the first time since a murder trial where he was found guilty of fatally shooting his wife and youngest son

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial court clerk ducks question about whether she tampered with jury

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys have accused South Carolina Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of jury tampering and have called for a federal investigation into whether she violated Murdaugh’s civil rights

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh wants a new trial, accusing the clerk of court of jury tampering

Defense lawyers for convicted South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh say Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill violated her oath of office as well as their client's constitutional right to an impartial jury.

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Court clerk’s co-author responds to Alex Murdaugh’s claims of jury tampering as she lawyers up

Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill has not yet responded to allegations of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial

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Will Alex Murdaugh be granted a new trial? Legal expert weighs in

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Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys file motion for new murder trial

Lawyers for convicted murderer accuse court clerk of improperly influencing jury and betraying oath of office for money and fame

The Independent UK

Confessions, a damning dog video and ‘family annihilator’: Key revelations from Alex Murdaugh’s trial

Alex Murdaugh is serving two life sentences after being convicted of the murders of his wife and son. Rachel Sharp explains the most crucial moments in his high-profile trial in South Carolina

The Independent UK

Bomb threat, obscene gestures, jury upheaval and a GoFundMe: How Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial became a circus

During a dramatic six weeks in Colleton County Courthouse, the murder trial testimony was sidelined by a bomb threat, bad behaviour from the Murdaugh family, a controversial GoFundMe account, a Covid outbreak and a misbehaving juror. Rachel Sharp reports

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Convicted murderer and ex-attorney Alex Murdaugh facing federal charges of fraud, theft

Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is facing federal charges for the first time after being indicted on 22 financial fraud charges over allegations the former attorney schemed to steal settlement money from clients

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Trial date set for alleged Murdaugh accomplice Cory Fleming in financial theft case

HAMPTON, S.C. — Suspended Beaufort County lawyer Cory Fleming will go on trial Sept. 11 for financial crimes he allegedly carried out with convicted killer and former lawyer Alex Murdaugh.

The Independent UK

SC Senate OKs bill barring 'foreign adversary' land holdings

South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate is moving to bar citizens of a “foreign adversary” from buying property in the state in an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments over outsize concerns

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh avoided death sentence because of ‘racial and class privilege,’ observers say

Murdaugh family has presided for generations over South Carolina courts

The Independent UK

Three bodies, 1,700 acres and a whole lot of hogs: Inside Alex Murdaugh’s $4m Moselle estate

The Moselle estate had a mysterious past even before Maggie and Paul’s murders with ties to a suspected drug smuggler and a housekeeper’s fatal fall, reports Rachel Sharp

The Guardian - US

‘He was gaslighting everybody’: Mandy Matney on exposing Alex Murdaugh

The podcast co-host calls the verdict ‘a huge wake-up call to people who have been abusing the system’

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s new mugshot released after double life sentencing for murder of wife and son

Murdaugh will spend 45 days at Kirkland Correctional Facility while South Carolina Department of Corrections determines where he will serve time

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