Alex Murdaugh claims he learned about alleged jury tampering after sentencing
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Murdaugh insisted in an affidavit filed Thursday that he first learned of allegations that court clerk Rebecca Hill tried to sway jurors toward a guilty verdict after he was sentenced.
His lawyers filed the affidavit Thursday after prosecutors called their petition for a new trial "procedurally defective" for not including the sworn statement and for failing to note when they had first learned of the allegations. Rebecca Rosenberg is a veteran journalist and book author with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Email tips to rebecca.rosenberg@fox.com and @ReRosenberg.
Defense attorneys Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian countered that prosecutors are acting in "bad faith" and trying to stall addressing the troubling reports of misconduct.
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