Quick Info
| Profession | Former attorney (disbarred) |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 1968 |
Latest News about Alex Murdaugh
Alex Murdaugh appeared in a Lexington, South Carolina court for a pretrial hearing ahead of his second murder trial. The defense is pressing prosecutors for evidence, including DNA and questions about how police handled the alleged murder weapons. The retrial is scheduled for April 2027.
Murdaugh's defense filed a motion arguing that recent local news reports undercut the prosecution's theory that he disposed of the murder weapons. The filing cited claims that a police chief had arrived at the scene early and provided Murdaugh with a change of clothes.
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentences for killing his wife Maggie and son Paul. The court found that former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill improperly influenced the jury, denying him a fair trial. Prosecutors subsequently said they would retry him, and he remains in prison on financial-crime sentences.
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | Former South Carolina attorney from the Lowcountry who was convicted in 2023 of murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul, who were shot on the family's property in June 2021. The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned those murder convictions on 13/05/2026, finding that jury interference by a former court clerk denied him a fair trial, and ordered a new trial. He maintains his innocence, and prosecutors intend to retry the case, with the retrial scheduled to begin in April 2027. |
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Personal Life
| Legal status | Murder convictions vacated on appeal; retrial scheduled to begin 05/04/2027. He remains imprisoned on separate state and federal financial-crime sentences. |
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| Other legal matters | Pleaded guilty to stealing roughly $12 million from clients and his law firm; serving a 40-year federal sentence concurrently with a 27-year state sentence for these financial crimes, which were presented as motive at his murder trial |
Family
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| Son | Paul Murdaugh, killed in June 2021 |
Career
| Legal career | Practised law in South Carolina; later disbarred |
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| Notable events | Murder trial in 2023 described locally as the trial of the century; convictions overturned on appeal in May 2026; pretrial evidentiary hearings held in October 2026 ahead of the retrial |
