Alex Murdaugh's legal team has asked for his upcoming double-murder retrial to be moved to Richland County, South Carolina, after his original conviction was overturned amid claims of jury tampering. The disgraced former attorney was previously found guilty of killing his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, at their Colleton County property in June 2021, but South Carolina's Supreme Court threw out that verdict earlier this year.

The court's decision to overturn the conviction centred on allegations that Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill improperly influenced jurors during the original trial. Legal experts have noted that securing a venue change could shape how the retrial unfolds, given the intense local and national media attention the case has attracted since Murdaugh's arrest. No date has yet been confirmed for the new trial.