Judge Debra R. McCaslin assigned to oversee Alex Murdaugh's murder retrial after South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his convictions in May.
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The court found that clerk Becky Hill improperly influenced the jury, aiming for a guilty verdict to boost her book sales. Despite the overturn, Murdaugh remains incarcerated, serving a 40-year federal sentence for financial crimes.judge has been assigned to take over Alex Murdaugh’s blockbuster murder case after the disgraced legal scion’s convictions in the slayings of his wife and son were overturned.
Chief Justice John W. Kittredge signed an order Monday giving Judge Debra R. McCaslin jurisdiction over all proceedings tied to Murdaugh’s murder-case indictments. The order gives McCaslin authority over"any future retrial on the murder charges" as well as motions, jury trials, civil forfeiture actions and other related matters in the case. Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh arrives at a court hearing in Beaufort, S.C. , on Sept. 14, 2023, regarding alleged financial crimes.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson's office said:"As always, we look forward to presenting the State's case in court as part of a fair, open, and transparent process.
"judge, was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly on Feb. 5, 2020, according to the South Carolina Judicial Branch.degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1993 and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar that year. The Judicial Branch says she was also admitted to the U.S. District Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge McCaslin was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly to the Circuit Court, At-Large Seat-13 on February 5, 2020. Murdaugh, 57, was convicted in March 2023 of murdering his wife, Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, at the family’s sprawlingMURDAUGH HOUSEKEEPER REVEALS ONE DETAIL THAT CONVINCED HER ALEX WAS GUILTY OF MURDERS: 'HE DID IT'Alex Murdaugh awaits the start of his bond hearing at the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C. , on Oct. 19, 2021.
He was indicted on Nov. 19 on 27 additional charges related to financial crimes involving nearly $5 million in stolen settlement money and law firm fees. The pair were found shot to death near the dog kennels at the family’s Moselle estate, a sprawling property in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. A family photo of Buster, Paul, Maggie and Alex Murdaugh is shown during the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro on March 2, 2023.
Prosecutors argued Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract from his crumbling legal and financial world as years of thefts and lies were closing in on him. His defense team insisted he was a loving husband and father who had been wrongfully accused after investigators zeroed in on him too quickly.
Alex Murdaugh is led out of the Colleton County courthouse in a tan prison jumpsuit after receiving a double life sentence on March 3, 2023, following his conviction for the 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.
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