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Crime Problem · South Carolina · June 4, 2026

The Murdaugh Retrial Could Finally Crack Open the Sealed Records of the “Egg Juror.” Death Penalty Is Now on the Table.

On May 13, 2026, the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously vacated Alex Murdaugh’s two murder convictions and ordered a new trial, finding that court clerk Becky Hill’s interference with the jury was “breathtaking and disgraceful.” Now, three weeks later, prosecutors have asked the Supreme Court to unseal the secret transcripts from the March 2, 2023 hearing at which Juror 785 — “the egg juror” — was dismissed on the morning deliberations began. Murdaugh’s lawyers allege Hill fabricated the grounds for that dismissal. South Carolina AG Alan Wilson (R-SC) says the death penalty is on the table for the retrial.

§ 01 / Who Is the Egg Juror — and What Happened to Her

Myra Crosby, Juror 785. The nickname dates to the morning of March 2, 2023 — the first day of deliberations in the Murdaugh murder trial. Judge Clifton Newman dismissed her. As she was leaving, she asked if she could retrieve a dozen eggs another juror had brought to share. The courtroom laughed. The name stuck.

What Crosby alleges happened behind the scenes is considerably less amusing. According to her affidavit and Murdaugh’s defense team’s federal civil rights lawsuit against Hill, the clerk:

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§ 02 / What the Sealed Records Hold

The sealed records are the transcripts from the on-camera hearing held March 2, 2023, at which Judge Newman removed Crosby from the jury. Also sealed: investigative files generated by SLED (South Carolina Law Enforcement Division), the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, and the SC Attorney General’s Office during their jury-tampering probe.

They were sealed under a January 2024 protective order issued by former Chief Justice Jean Toal during the active evidentiary hearing on Murdaugh’s new-trial motion. Crosby filed a FOIA request to SLED in March 2026 to access the investigative files. SLED denied it, citing the protective order. Crosby then filed a motion as an intervenor in the SC Supreme Court on May 18, 2026, asking the high court to lift the orders. Her attorney Joe McCulloch: “The public interest and the ends of justice are best served by transparency.”

On June 4, 2026, the AG’s office filed its own motion asking the Supreme Court to join Crosby’s unsealing request, stating: “The scales should now tip to unsealing and removing restrictions.”

Hill resigned as Colleton County Clerk of Court in March 2024. She pleaded guilty to four charges in December 2025 — none of them jury tampering. No statute of limitations applies to jury tampering in South Carolina, meaning charges could still theoretically be filed.
§ 03 / What Becky Hill Actually Did — The SC Supreme Court’s Findings

“Hill's egregious, improper jury interference went to the heart of the case and unquestionably was intended to push the jury to a guilty verdict.”

SC Supreme Court · unanimous ruling · May 13, 2026

The court’s opinion catalogued Hill’s conduct in detail. She told a juror not to be “fooled” by defense evidence. She told jurors to “watch him closely” and said evidence the defense would present would “try to confuse you.” She had private, off-record conversations with Juror 826, the foreperson, including at the Moselle murder site during the jury’s site visit. She wrote a book about the trial while still serving as clerk, which contained statements suggesting she believed Murdaugh was guilty before the verdict: “At that moment, many of us standing there knew…that Alex was guilty.”

The court called her conduct “breathtaking and disgraceful” and found that she had “placed her fingers on the scales of justice, thereby denying Murdaugh his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury.”

Why No Jury Tampering Charge

Despite the Supreme Court’s findings, 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard explained at the December 2025 plea hearing: “I don’t know that I have enough based on what we have to even get an indictment” and “We cannot get a conviction because we cannot prove that case beyond a reasonable doubt.” He cited inconsistencies in accounts from the three jurors who accused Hill.

The critical asymmetry: the civil standard the SC Supreme Court used to grant a new trial (“reasonable probability of different outcome”) is lower than the criminal standard (“beyond a reasonable doubt”). The Supreme Court could find Hill’s interference likely affected the verdict without Hubbard being able to prove each specific act of tampering to a criminal jury’s satisfaction.

Jury tampering carries no statute of limitations in South Carolina. Charges remain theoretically possible.

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§ 04 / Murdaugh’s Current Status and the Death Penalty Question

Alex Murdaugh remains incarcerated. His murder convictions were vacated, but he is serving concurrent state and federal sentences for financial crimes: approximately $8.8 million stolen from clients, for which he received a 27-year state prison sentence and a separate 40-year federal sentence. He is not getting out.

AG Alan Wilson stated after the conviction was overturned: “All our legal options are on the table, including the death penalty.” Lead defense attorney Dick Harpootlian has accused Wilson — who is running for SC governor in 2026 — of injecting politics. Harpootlian: “No plea deal, nor will he ever plead guilty. Off the table.”

The defense has asked for a venue change (away from Colleton County), attorney-conducted voir dire, and sequestration of the jury. The retrial cannot begin until a circuit court judge is appointed — which had not happened as of June 5, 2026.
Alex Murdaugh Sues Becky Hill & Prosecution Considers Death Penalty for Retrial
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FITSNews (SC Political Media)
@FITSNews · June 4, 2026

BREAKING: South Carolina AG Alan Wilson has joined Myra Crosby (the 'egg juror') in asking the SC Supreme Court to unseal records from her dismissal on the morning deliberations began. AG: 'The scales should now tip to unsealing and removing restrictions.' The transcripts may show exactly what Becky Hill did.

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Court TV
@CourtTV · June 4, 2026

Alex Murdaugh retrial update: SC Supreme Court overturned murder convictions unanimously — clerk Becky Hill's conduct called 'breathtaking and disgraceful.' AG Wilson: death penalty is now on the table. Defense attorney Harpootlian: 'No plea deal. Ever.' Prosecutors now want the sealed egg juror records opened.

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

The Murdaugh case shows what happens when the system protects itself. A court clerk tampered with a jury, wrote a BOOK saying she knew the defendant was guilty before the verdict, fabricated evidence — and got ZERO prison time. Just probation. The system is rigged for the powerful. Retrial coming. Death penalty on the table.

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JD Vance@JDVance

Becky Hill manipulated a jury, fabricated misconduct against a juror she wanted removed, and published a book declaring the defendant guilty while still serving as court clerk. She received probation. This is the two-tiered justice system that Democrats have built — different rules depending on who you are.

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