S.C. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman, who presided over Alex Murdaugh’s sensational murder trial this year, has agreed to step aside after the former lawyer and convicted murderer requested a new trial, citing alleged jury tampering by a court clerk. But the state Supreme Court on Thursday refused a request to delay Murdaugh’s Nov. 27 state […]
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