Juror Admits Her Guilty Verdict Was Influenced by Murdaugh Trial Clerk

A juror at Alex Murdaugh’s trial made the bombshell admission on Monday that her decision to convict the former disgraced lawyer of murdering his wife and son was influenced by a court clerk.

The juror, identified as Juror Z, said that comments by Colleton County clerk Becky Hill throughout the six-week trial influenced her decision to find Murdaugh guilty of the 2021 murder of his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul. Among those comments, she said, was Hill’s direction to watch Murdaugh “closely.”

“To me, it felt like she made it seem like he was already guilty,” Juror Z said during an evidentiary hearing on Monday to determine whether Murdaugh should get a new trial for jury tampering.

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