A juror was removed from the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial after the judge learned she had been talking about the case to her friends.
Alex Murdaugh stands with his attorneys as Judge Clifton Newman explains his fifth amendment rights and what he would give up by taking the stand in his own trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse, Feb. 23, 2023 in Walterboro, S.C.A juror was removed from the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial Thursday morning after the judge learned she had been talking aboutAlex Murdaugh is accused of fatally shooting his wife and younger son at the family's estate in June 2021.
Judge Clifton Newman rules on an objection by defense attorney Dick Harpootlian, foreground, during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Feb. 27, 2023.The juror denied it when confronted about the issue in the chambers at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro on Tuesday, he said.
"I'm sure that with all the time you've invested in it, you probably hate not to continue," Newman said. "I'm not suggesting that you intentionally did anything wrong, but that in order to preserve the integrity of the process and in fairness to all the parties involved, we're going to replace you with one of the other jurors."
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