Alex Murdaugh will get a new murder trial. Here's a timeline of his case

Alex Murdaugh listens to a hearing on his bid for a retrial, on Jan. 16, 2024, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C. The disgraced former attorney was convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in June 2021. Gavin McIntyre/AP/Pool/The Post and Courier hide caption toggle caption Gavin McIntyre/AP/Pool/The Post and Courier Three years after Alex Murdaugh's double-murder trial ended with two life sentences, the South Carolina Supreme Court has granted him a new trial in the killings of his wife and son. Murdaugh's defense team argued that a court clerk tampered with the jury in the original murder trial. In its unanimous ruling, the justices said that Becky Hill, the Colleton County clerk of court, "egregiously attacked Murdaugh's credibility and his defense, thus triggering the presumption of prejudice." The state Supreme Court added that "Hill's shocking jury interference was accomplished outside the presence and knowledge of the outstanding trial judge" and attorneys representing both sides of the case. The prospect of a new murder trial would not free Murdaugh, 57. He's also serving a 27-year state prison term for stealing some $12 million from his clients and law firm, and a 40-year federal term for wire and bank fraud and money laundering. Murdaugh's wife, Maggie, and their youngest son, Paul, were shot and killed in 2021 at Moselle, the family's sprawling rural estate in South Carolina's Lowcountry. …