Disgraced Clerk Accused of Tampering With Murdaugh Jury Resigns

A South Carolina court clerk once accused of tampering with the jury that convicted Alex Murdaugh of murder has resigned.

Rebecca “Becky” Hill announced on Monday that she is leaving her elected position as Colleton County clerk of court “immediately,” in the midst of her first term. Running as a Republican, Hill was elected in 2020 after earning more than 55 percent of the vote to handle logistics for the Low County courthouse.

The resignation comes five months after Hill was first accused of improperly influencing the 12-person jury that convicted Murdaugh, who is currently facing two life sentences for the 2021 murder of his wife and son at their family’s hunting estate. The allegations—which were first made by Murdaugh’s defense team in their bid for a new trial—spurred an ethics complaint about Hill’s alleged misuse of her office and two separate state probes. The sale of Hill’s book about Murdaugh’s high-profile trial, Behind the Doors of Justice, was halted after she admitted to plagiarism.

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