Alex Murdaugh sues court clerk after murder conviction overturned over jury tampering accusations

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Criminal defense attorney Donna Rotunno analyzes the South Carolina Supreme Court's decision to overturn Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction due to procedural errors. Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced lawyer whose double-murder conviction was overturned, has filed a lawsuit alleging his civil rights were violated when court clerk Rebecca "Becky" Hill tampered with the jury at his trial. The 17-page lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Columbia, alleges Hill improperly influenced jurors in an effort to secure a guilty verdict because she believed it would help sell books she planned to write. During a news conference Monday, Murdaugh attorney Jim Griffin said the lawsuit is intended to uncover the full extent of Hill’s alleged conduct. "The purpose of this lawsuit is to hold Becky Hill accountable for what she did," Griffin said. "She has not been held to