Judge Rules Against Alex Murdaugh in Murder Trial
In a recent court hearing, Alex Murdaugh's bid for a new trial was denied by a South Carolina judge. The defense team had accused a clerk of court, Becky Hill, of tampering with the jury, but the judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove that these alleged comments influenced the jury's guilty verdict.
During the hearing, one juror, identified as Juror Z, testified that Hill urged the jurors to closely observe Murdaugh's actions and body language during the trial. According to Juror Z, these comments made Murdaugh appear guilty, and they influenced her decision to convict him. However, the other 11 jurors stated that they based their guilty verdicts solely on the testimony, evidence, and law presented at the trial. Only one of them mentioned hearing anything similar from...