{"id":73467,"date":"2026-05-13T13:56:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-overturned-by-south-carolina-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:56:51","slug":"alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-overturned-by-south-carolina-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-overturned-by-south-carolina-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Murdaugh\u2019s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justices said decision was due to \u2018improper external influences on the jury\u2019 by a court clerk during the trial<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The South Carolina supreme court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/08\/south-carolina-clerk-photo-murdaugh-murder-case\">Alex Murdaugh<\/a>, the disgraced South Carolina attorney, due to \u201cshocking jury interference\u201d and ordered a new trial in the 2021 killing of his wife and son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur justice system provides \u2013 indeed demands \u2013 that every person is entitled to a fair trial, which includes an impartial jury untainted by external forces bent on influencing the jury toward a biased verdict,\u201d the justices wrote in a<strong> <\/strong>unanimous opinion<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/13\/alex-murdaugh-murder-convictions-overturned\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justices said decision was due to \u2018improper external influences on the jury\u2019 by a court clerk during the trial Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The South Carolina supreme court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney, due to \u201cshocking jury interference\u201d and ordered a &#8230; <a title=\"Alex Murdaugh\u2019s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-overturned-by-south-carolina-supreme-court\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Alex Murdaugh\u2019s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}