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By JEFFREY COLLINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) \u2014 The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions and life sentence of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son.<\/p>\n

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In a unanimous ruling, the justices said the conduct by the court clerk \u201cegregiously attacked Murdaugh\u2019s credibility\u201d by suggesting to jurors his testimony could not be trusted. They also said the trial judge went too far in allowing evidence of Murdaugh\u2019s financial crimes into his murder trial<\/p>\n

But Murdaugh won\u2019t be getting out of prison. The 57-year-old pleaded guilty to stealing around $12 million from his clients and currently is serving a 40-year federal sentence.<\/p>\n

Still, the state Supreme Court ruling is a win for Murdaugh, who admits to being a thief, liar, insurance cheat and bad lawyer, but has adamantly denied killing his wife Maggie and younger son Paul since he found their bodies outside their home in 2021.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors didn\u2019t immediately say if they planned to retry Murdaugh for the murders in light of his long sentence for financial crimes. The original trial took six weeks.<\/p>\n

The justices ruled Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, assigned to oversee the evidence and the jury during the trial, influenced jurors to find Murdaugh guilty. She hoped to improve sales of a book she was writing about the case.<\/p>\n

The name of the book was \u201cBehind the Doors of Justice: The Murdaugh Murders.\u201d It was pulled from publication after plagiarism allegations were made.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs her book\u2019s title suggests, it turns out Hill was quite busy behind the doors of justice, thwarting the integrity of the justice system she was sworn to protect and uphold,\u201d the justices wrote in an unsigned 27-page ruling.<\/p>\n

Hill has since pleaded guilty to lying about what she said and did to a different judge.<\/p>\n

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Murdaugh\u2019s lawyers also argued before the high court that the judge at his 2023 trial made rulings that prevented a fair trial, such as allowing in evidence of Murdaugh stealing from clients that had nothing to do with the killings but biased jurors against him.<\/p>\n

They detailed the lack of physical evidence \u2014 no DNA or blood was found splattered on Murdaugh or any of his clothes, even though the killings were at close range with powerful weapons that were never found.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutors argued that the clerk\u2019s comments were fleeting and the evidence against Murdaugh was overwhelming. His lawyer said that didn\u2019t matter because the comments a juror said she made \u2014 urging jurors to watch Murdaugh\u2019s body language and listen to his testimony carefully \u2014 removed his presumption of innocence before the jury ever deliberated.<\/p>\n

Murdaugh\u2019s legal drama continues to captivate. There have been streaming miniseries, best selling books and dozens of true crime podcasts about how the multimillionaire Southern lawyer whose family dominated and controlled the legal system in tiny Hampton County ended up in a maximum security South Carolina prison.<\/p>\n

The justices in their ruling praised prosecutors, the defense team and the judge for outstanding work, heaping all the blame for having to try Murdaugh again on Hill.<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s attorney in her criminal case didn\u2019t return a phone call or email seeking comment.<\/p>\n

Hill \u201cplaced her fingers on the scales of justice, thereby denying Murdaugh his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury,\u201d the justices wrote. \u201cOur justice system provides \u2014 indeed demands \u2014 that every person is entitled to a fair trial,\u201d<\/p>\n

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