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Alex Murdaugh murder trial judge steps aside after Murdaugh asks for new trial

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The judge that presided over Alex Murdaugh's murder trial has agreed to step aside as the former lawyer convicted of killing his wife and younger son requests a new trial, citing alleged jury tampering, the South Carolina Supreme Court said Thursday. But the justices refused a request from defense lawyers to remove Judge Clifton Newman from Murdaugh's state trial on financial crime charges and to delay the trial, set to begin Nov. 27. Months after his convictions, Murdaugh's lawyers requested a new trial, saying several jurors whom they interviewed told them that Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill tampered with the jury by suggesting Murdaugh was guilty, encouraging jurors to not deliberate for a long time and asking them about the case before deliberations. Murdaugh also faces state charges of insurance fraud after investigators said he asked a friend to kill him so his surviving son could get $10 million in life insurance.

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