Attorneys for convicted murderer Richard “Alex” Murdaugh asked for a new trial and accused a Colleton County court official of tampering with the jury and violating Murdaugh’s civil rights, according to new legal filings.
Murdaugh, a former attorney and member of a prominent legal dynasty, was handed two life sentences in March after being convicted of murdering his wife and son. Murdaugh has denied killing his family and days after his conviction, his attorneys, Richard Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, announced they intended to appeal.
On Tuesday, Harpootlian and Griffin filed a petition to stay Murdaugh’s appeal, which accused Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill, who read the verdict and later published a tell-all book about the historic murder case, of jury tampering. The attorneys also sent a request to the South Carolina U.S. Attorney to open a federal investigation into the alleged violation of Murdaugh’s civil rights, they said in a joint statement attached to the legal filings.
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Appalling disgust.
I think that the next time we'll hear about this family is when his son will finally be called to answer about his own " crimes " , I think this family has a lot of skeletons in its closets
Taxpayers should be outraged and defense team should be charged to pay for retrial.
Oh rubbish!
They know he did it
This is nuts
This is patetic!!!! ,,, those lawyers are about power and money. They will do anything to win
This is ridiculous