"Judge Denies Alex Murdaugh's Request for New Trial Amid Jury Tampering Allegations"

South Carolina judge denied convicted killer Alex Murdaugh a new trial after his defense team accused a court clerk of jury tampering, with the judge ruling that the comments didn't influence the guilty verdict. The clerk is under investigation for allegedly trying to sway jurors and benefit financially from sales of her book about the case. Murdaugh, convicted of killing his wife and son, faces a 27-year sentence for financial crimes and maintains he was not the trigger man in the double homicide.