The state of South Carolina and Alex Murdaugh’s legal team responded on Monday to a juror’s ongoing battle to make the records of her dismissal public.
Murdaugh, a former South Carolina lawyer, was convicted on two counts of murder last year. The 56-year-old allegedly fatally shot his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, at their home in 2021.
He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole. He is also serving 40 years for federal financial crimes he pleaded guilty to.
Last month, the South Carolina Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal filed by Murdaugh’s attorneys alleging jury tampering in the initial trial. The attorneys claim that former Colleton County Clerk Rebecca Hill pressured jurors to convict Murdaugh so she could profit from a book she was writing about the trial.
Myra Crosby, juror No. 785 in the original trial, filed a petition to publicize the record of her removal from the jury.
Crosby gained notoriety in the original trial after being dismissed mere hours before deliberations began, after listening to six weeks of testimony in the case. Hill allegedly told Judge Clifton Newman, who presided over the initial trial, that Crosby’s ex-husband had made a Facebook post about the trial.
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Hill claimed the ex-husband, Tim Stone, posted that he had been drinking with his ex-wife when she drunkenly voiced her views on whether Murdaugh was innocent or guilty.
Crosby denied Hill’s claim and said she had not seen her ex-husband in 10 years.
Hill allegedly told Crosby that she spoke to Stone at his house and he admitted to making the post.
Stone later denied making the post in a sworn statement to Murdaugh’s attorneys.
On Monday, the Office of the Attorney General submitted a response opposing Crosby’s petition to make her dismissal records public. The attorney general’s office argued that Crosby’s legal counsel signed…
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