South Carolina court tosses murder conviction in Alex Murdaugh case

The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the murder conviction against lawyer Alex Murdaugh, ordering a retrial due to improper external influence on the jury by the Colleton County court clerk. The court criticised the clerk for advising jurors to watch Murdaugh's body language and for having a book about the case, which was later unpublished due to plagiarism charges. The justices also pointed to unrelated evidence being presented in the murder trial, including details about Murdaugh's financial crimes.