Judge asks to recuse himself from future Murdaugh murder trial hearings

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Court documents indicate the judge who presided over the murder trial for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has asked for a new judge to be assigned to handle post-trial motions related to the case. The word about Newman seeking to recuse himself came from a South Carolina Supreme Court order issued Thursday. Murdaugh was convicted in March in the June 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and their son, Paul, in a six-week trial in Colleton County. Newman, a circuit judge who was appointed to handle all...