{"id":2162484,"date":"2024-01-29T19:59:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-judge-alex-murdaugh-will-not-receive-a-new-murder-trial\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T19:59:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:59:03","slug":"south-carolina-judge-alex-murdaugh-will-not-receive-a-new-murder-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-judge-alex-murdaugh-will-not-receive-a-new-murder-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Judge: Alex Murdaugh Will Not Receive A New Murder Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-carolina-judge-alex-murdaugh-will-not-receive-a-new-murder-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2162484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alex Murdaugh at a hearing on a motion for a retrial at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 16. (Tracy Glantz \/ The State via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>4:55 PM \u2013 Monday, January 29, 2024<\/p>\n<p>A South Carolina judge ruled that convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh will not be receiving a new murder trial after his lawyers blamed a court clerk for \u201cjury tampering.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Murdaugh, a former South Carolina attorney that was convicted of killing his wife and son last year, was denied a new murder trial by a South Carolina judge.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Murdaugh had requested a new trial on the grounds that the jury and court clerk that found him guilty almost 11 months prior had tampered with evidence in the case. <\/p>\n<p>As Murdaugh sat in orange prison attire, Judge Jean Toal announced her decision to deny him a new trial. She claimed that the court clerk had \u201cimproperly spoken\u201d to the jury, but she also said that the remarks had no bearing on the jury\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Toal expressed her doubts that Rebecca \u201cBecky\u201d Hill, the clerk, was a completely reliable witness and thought she had been swayed by the \u201csiren call\u201d to become well-known and write a book about the trial.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI simply do not believe that the authority of our South Carolina Supreme Court requires a new trial in a very lengthy trial such as this on the strength of some fleeting and foolish comments by a publicity influenced clerk of courts,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Murdaugh\u2019s defense team asserts that Hill\u2019s alleged tampering was intended \u201cto secure for herself a book deal and media appearances that would not happen in the event of a mistrial.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cNow that I\u2019ve read the record, I say as the successive trial judge that the evidence was overwhelming and the jury verdict not surprising,\u201d Toal added before leaving the bench and closing out for the day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, Toal went on to explain that even though Hill made \u201cimproper comments,\u201d the defense was unable to show that these remarks had an impact on the jurors\u2019 choice to find Murdaugh guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Murdaugh\u2019s lawyers now say that the next step in the process will go to the Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe go from here to the Court of Appeals, then South Carolina Supreme Court, if necessary \u2013 and then federal court,\u201d Murdaugh attorney Dick Harpootlian told the press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s either going to be decided, in my opinion, in our favor in the appellate court or five years down the road in federal court \u2013 unless they change the federal law,\u201d Murdaugh attorney Jim Griffin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The court clerk\u2019s attorneys, Justin Bamberg and Will Lewis, stated that they approved of the finding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe agree with Justice Toal\u2019s finding that the Colleton County jurors selected for this very complicated and lengthy trial were consummate professionals and operated within the instructions of the court,\u201d the attorneys said. \u201cWe thank them for their service.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Due to the case, Murdaugh, a former personal injury lawyer, has received international attention, with multiple documentaries, books, and podcasts being produced about it. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Judge Denies Alex Murdaugh a New Trial for Double Murder of Wife, Son <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RmHMf22V9j\">pic.twitter.com\/RmHMf22V9j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Law&#038;Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LawCrimeNetwork\/status\/1752096369127342277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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