India, May 14 -- Alex Murdaugh could now stand a better chance of acquittal when he returns to court for a new murder trial after the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his 2023 convictions, according to attorneys who spoke to the New York Post.

The disgraced South Carolina lawyer had been serving two consecutive life sentences without parole after being convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, in 2021. But in a dramatic ruling Wednesday, the state Supreme Court unanimously tossed the verdict, citing misconduct by former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill.

The ruling ordered a retrial and reopened one of the country's most closely watched murder cases.

Columbia-based defense lawyer Tyler Bailey told the New York Post th...