AP Wire
Alex Murdaugh's lawyers are asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions. They argue that the trial judge's rulings and a biased court clerk prevented a fair trial. Murdaugh's lawyers told the justices at Wednesday's hearing that allowing evidence that Murdaugh stole from clients biased jurors into thinking he could be a killer, in a case that lacked any physical evidence linking him to the deaths of his wife and younger son. Even if the convictions are overturned, Murdaugh won't get out of prison. He is serving a 40-year federal sentence for stealing $12 million from clients.