Convicted murderer Richard “Alex” Murdaugh will not get a new murder trial after a hearing Monday on jury tampering allegations against a public official. Murdaugh, convicted on March 2 for the 2021 murders of his wife and son, was granted a hearing Monday in the state capital based on allegations of jury tampering involving Colleton […]
Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh will not be granted a new trial based on allegations that the jury that found him guilty was improperly influenced by Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, S.C. Judge Jean Toal ruled Monday following a day-long hearing in which each juror was questioned and Hill herself testified. Murdaugh and his […]
A hearing is being held in Columbia on Alex Murdaugh’s attempts to overturn his convictions in the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son Paul. Murdaugh and his attorneys claim that Colleton County Clerk of Court made improper comments to jurors during Murdaugh’s trial in early 2023. At Monday’s hearing, Judge Jean Toal plans to […]
COLUMBIA, SC — A South Carolina judge ruled Tuesday that all 12 jurors from Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial will have to testify at his coming jury tampering hearing. The three-day evidentiary hearing to determine whether Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill tampered with the jury, which is scheduled to begin Jan. 29, could pave […]
A Wichita Falls man will serve prison time for promotion of child pornography and tampering with evidence, according to a media release from the 97th District Attorney’s Office. An Archer County jury found Eric Austin Mills guilty of one count of promotion of child pornography and one count of tampering with evidence on Friday, according […]
South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty ordered Wednesday that all records in Alex Murdaugh’s appeal of his double murder conviction be transferred from Colleton County to the Supreme Court clerk of court in Columbia. Beatty indicated there would be a conflict of interest if the case were kept in Colleton County, where Murdaugh […]
Dec. 27—ROCHESTER — A Rochester woman is facing a charge of felony witness tampering related to a recent case in Olmsted County. Kristi Noel Ebner, 40, made her first appearance in court on a charge of first-degree tampering with a witness Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. According to the criminal complaint: Ebner is the girlfriend of […]
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Maiden Pharmaceuticals, whose cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, on Saturday denied it had tampered with test samples or bribed officials to do so, as alleged in a complaint under investigation by local health officials. An investigator with the state […]