AG aims to retry Alex Murdaugh ‘quickly’ as both sides enter courtroom chess match with each other’s gameplans

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says his bureau volition determination rapidly to retry Alex Murdaugh aft the authorities Supreme Court threw retired the disgraced lawyer’s execution convictions, stressing prosecutors inactive judge they tin unafraid a blameworthy verdict.

"The Supreme Court, successful its bid today, fundamentally laid the blasted connected this reversal connected the shoulders of erstwhile Colton County Clerk of Court, Rebecca [Becky] Hill, and it was her behaviour that has led to this determination today, not the behaviour of anyone else," Wilson told Fox News Digital.

Wilson said the Palmetto State plans to retry Murdaugh and volition propulsion for a speedy proceedings arsenic prosecutors measure adjacent steps.

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"We are disappointed successful the court’s decision. We respect this court, we respect the members of the court, but we powerfully disagree with their reasoning," Wilson told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum connected The Story.

Alex Murdaugh speaks with his ineligible squad earlier helium is sentenced to 2 consecutive beingness sentences for the execution of his woman and lad by Judge Clifton Newman astatine the Colleton County Courthouse connected Friday, March 3, 2023.  (Joshua Boucher/The State/Pool)

The South Carolina Supreme Court vacated Murdaugh’s 2023 convictions successful the killings of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, ruling that misconduct by erstwhile Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill tainted the assemblage process.

At contented were allegations that Hill made improper comments to jurors during the trial, behaviour the tribunal said created a hazard of influencing the verdict.

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The comments included that jurors said "that Hill told the jurors not to beryllium fooled by the grounds Murdaugh's defence presented," saying "They're going to accidental things that volition effort to confuse you. Don't fto them confuse you oregon person you oregon propulsion you off." 

Former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill smiles aft pleading blameworthy successful St. Matthews, S.C., connected Dec. 8, 2025. Hill pleaded blameworthy to showing sealed exhibits from Alex Murdaugh's execution proceedings and different charges. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Wilson said prosecutors were not alert of the clerk’s behaviour during the trial.

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"No, we evidently weren’t alert of immoderate of this behaviour until after. Obviously, it had occurred," helium told MacCallum. "We ne'er defended her conduct. We conscionable judge that it wasn’t capable to warrant a reversal."

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Retrying the high-profile lawsuit volition travel with challenges, but Wilson said his bureau inactive has astir of the archetypal squad successful spot and a wide roadworthy representation from the archetypal trial.

"So we had the payment of having a roadworthy representation for our lawsuit that we developed 3 years ago. Obviously, the defence knows what our proceedings strategy was. We cognize what their proceedings strategy is. And truthful it volition beryllium a antithetic benignant of proceedings due to the fact that some sides person seen the hands we person to play," helium told Fox News Digital.

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We cognize what their proceedings strategy is. And truthful it volition beryllium a antithetic benignant of proceedings due to the fact that some sides person seen the hands we person to play.

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The lawyer wide said aggregate ineligible options stay nether consideration, including imaginable appeals.

"The authorities has 15 days connected whether oregon not we privation to petition the authorities Supreme Court for reconsideration of their decision. And we person up to 90 days to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to instrumentality this lawsuit up connected appeal. All options, each ineligible options, are connected the table," Wilson said.

"But regardless, it is my volition close now, assuming that thing changes, to retry this lawsuit arsenic rapidly and expeditiously arsenic possible. That is our goal," helium said.

Wilson said his bureau is aiming to bring the lawsuit backmost to tribunal wrong the adjacent year, though helium admitted that timeline is not guaranteed.

"Look, I'm being aspirational erstwhile I accidental this, but we would similar to effort to get this lawsuit up earlier January 2027. That would beryllium our goal," helium said.

Alex Murdaugh was convicted of 2 counts each of execution and possession of a limb during a convulsive felony successful Colleton County, S.C., connected March 2, 2023. He was sentenced to 2 consecutive treble beingness sentences for the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. (South Carolina Department of Corrections)

Murdaugh, 54, was convicted of gunning down his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, astatine the family’s hunting property successful 2021. The lawsuit exposed a web of lies including Murdaugh’s opioid addiction and millions successful stolen lawsuit funds.

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Despite the ineligible win, Murdaugh volition not beryllium walking free. He remains down bars serving lengthy sentences for a drawstring of fiscal crimes that cemented his autumn from power.

For his fiscal crimes, Murdaugh was sentenced successful authorities tribunal to 27 years successful situation aft pleading blameworthy to 22 counts including wealth laundering and breach of trust. In national court, helium received a 40-year condemnation for conspiracy to perpetrate ligament fraud and slope fraud, which helium is serving concurrently with his authorities time.

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Though his execution convictions and consequent beingness sentences were overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court connected Wednesday, helium remains successful situation to service the fiscal sentences.