Juror who helped convict Alex Murdaugh is shocked by decision to overturn guilty verdict

A juror in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial expressed shock over the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the disgraced lawyer’s conviction, saying she never thought the county official accused of improperly influencing the jury had done so.

A juror in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial expressed shock Wednesday over the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the disgraced lawyer’s conviction, telling NBC News that she never thought the county official accused of improperly influencing the jury had done so.

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“I never felt that the clerk of court was pushing an agenda or trying to push me to come to a certain verdict,” Amie Williams said. “Never felt that way about her at all.”