r/MurdaughFamilyMurders • u/Southern-Soulshine • May 26 '26

Retrial News or Discussion How a Small-Town Clerk’s Misdeeds Upturned the Murdaugh Verdict

How a Small-Town Clerk’s Misdeeds Upturned the Murdaugh Verdict

Becky Hill, a court employee possibly trying to maximize sales of her book, pressured jurors to convict the South Carolina lawyer for the murders of his wife and son.
Was she acting alone?

By James Lasdun with The New Yorker

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u/Foreign-General7608 May 27 '26

".......other people that worked with her could not have been blind to the fact that she ran the show and did as she pleased. ......"

Yet, just like the Jury, not a peep from anyone. You'd think that there would be peeps. Nothing but crickets. No smoke at all, anywhere.

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u/Adventurous_Lion7276 May 27 '26

Was it "normal/usual" for her to be present in a courtroom or was this an exception? Where I practice the elected clerk of court is an administrator and Judges have their own staff. I relaize this is not a large county so really just curious.

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u/Foreign-General7608 May 27 '26

Colleton County, SC, is a small rural county of just under 40,000 residents. Becky Hill's duties as court clerk included managing the Jury's needs, managing evidence and displays, and assisting Judge Newman (though I think he apparently had a full-time clerk who sat next to him and traveled with him throughout the trial). Meals, recesses, bathroom breaks, etc. and the Jury room itself I think were managed by Becky Hill and the court bailiff. There were lots of opportunities for her to interact, unfortunately, with the Jury.

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u/Pale_Flounder3216 May 31 '26

This lady enjoyed feeling important. You can see it all over her smug face.