Alex Murdaugh files civil rights suit against ex-court clerk over alleged jury tampering NBC News Top Stories By: Nicole Acevedo · Pilar Melendez · Juliette Arcodia 18 May 2026 at 16:37 South Carolina’s Supreme Court recently overturned Murdaugh’s double murder convictions, ruling that Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill had improperly influenced the jury.