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And Becky, Rebecca Hill, this court clerk, interfering in this way, looking perhaps had spoken to friends about maybe wanting to write a book, but had had this direct contact with the jurors that the Supreme Court looked at and unanimously agreed was shocking jury interference and denied him his right to a fair trial.
I think the jurors have, from Alec's legal team, spoken about some of what they witnessed.
And I think some of that evidence, although I'd have to check, was taken into consideration by the South Carolina Supreme Court.
But look, the fact that you had this unanimous decision overturning and reversing those guilty verdicts of his wife and son and vacating those life sentences...
that is a major legal decision.
And again, you know, I think the court was very clear that this is an issue of fair trial.
So the fact that he was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial because of
that jury interference because of those comments that were reportedly made.
The Attorney General, the prosecutors who went after Murdoch originally, they have said, as I said, that they are going to aggressively seek to retry Alex for the murders of Maggie and Paul.
But he also said, the Attorney General, let me be clear, this decision does not mean Murdoch will be released.
he will remain in prison for his financial crimes.
Now, Alex's legal team have come out and said from day one that he did not kill his wife and son.
That is what he said.
We look forward to a new trial.
I mean, yeah, that is a huge question, Claire.
I have absolutely no idea from a legal standpoint how they're going to manage to do that, given the scale of the notoriety of this case.
Maybe try it in a different state.
Very, very difficult.
But yeah, it's the story, as we said, that reverberated around the world with this mix of power and influence and
a family, a once great family fallen in this way, but with so many, yeah, sort of twists and turns and shocking details in it.