The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and his life sentence, as confirmed by multiple news outlets.

Murdaugh, who is serving a 40‑year prison sentence for financial crimes (Bluesky), continues to deny the 2021 shooting deaths of his wife and son (Bluesky). He appeared in court for a pre‑trial hearing on Monday (TricityRecordNM.com). A new judge set a timeline for the retrial to begin on April 5 (SCMP). The high court ruled that Murdaugh did not receive a fair trial because of improper external influence on the jury by Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill (GDELT). Murdaugh’s financial‑crime convictions were not overturned (GDELT).

The U.S. District Court in North Carolina restarted Murdaugh’s trial (Bluesky). Anne Emerson, host of the “Criminally Obsessed” true‑crime podcast, said advances in DNA technology could make the evidence more significant in a retrial than it was the first time (GDELT).