Instadocs: Alex – After years of certainty around Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder conviction, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned it on May 13, 2026, citing a county clerk’s “jury interference” and ordering a new trial. As questions about Becky Hill—her role and her alleg
Two weeks ago, the door didn’t just open on Alex Murdaugh’s case again—it swung wide. The former Islandton, South Carolina lawyer had been convicted in 2023 for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul, and for years the story felt settled.
Then, on May 13, 2026, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the double murder conviction, citing “jury interference” tied to a county clerk, and granted Murdaugh a new trial that could take place in the coming year.
For people who followed every courtroom twist—waiting for facts, bracing for the fallout—that timing landed like a second verdict. Not on guilt or innocence, not yet, but on the process itself: what happened around the jury, and what that means for the people inside a life sentence.
Murdaugh is still serving time for his financial crimes. even as the murder conviction has been wiped away for a retrial. That separation—between what has been affirmed and what has been overturned—has only sharpened the public’s most urgent questions: Who is Becky Hill. the county clerk of court named in the ruling?. What relationship did she have to the trial?. And what exactly was said to have gone wrong with the jury?.
The debut installment of a new, quick-turnaround documentary series is now taking on those questions directly. Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted was released May 30 and is available to stream now.
Murdaugh’s case began on June 7, 2021, when Alex Murdaugh called 911 and reported that his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, had been shot. As police investigated, he quickly became the primary suspect. He was charged, and went to trial for their murders in 2023.
The jury convicted him on two counts of murder and two counts of using a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Separately, Murdaugh pleaded guilty to nearly two financial crimes, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and money laundering.
The murder verdict didn’t hold. The double murder charge was later overturned, and the judge granted Murdaugh a new trial that could take place within a year.
That is the frame the new series returns to—but it doesn’t stop at what the courtroom decided. It pulls the focus back to the official whose involvement became the turning point.
Becky Hill is Rebecca “Becky” Hill, the Colleton County Clerk of Court who served during Murdaugh’s trial. The elected official was responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the courthouse. including swearing Murdaugh in for his testimony and reading the verdict once it was decided by the jury.
Hill resigned from her position on March 25, 2024, saying she desired more time to spend with her family. On May 13, 2026, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the double murder verdict, citing Hill’s jury interference. Hill denies any jury interference.
Even after a resignation and a denial, the case didn’t quiet. Instead. the appeal’s claims kept expanding the questions for everyone watching from the outside: what did “jury interference” actually mean in practice. and how does a process that feels formal still contain human moments capable of changing outcomes?.
The documentary also introduces viewers to the range of people now pulled into the conversation—prosecution. local political figures. courtroom observers. attorneys. and jurors. Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh. Unconvicted features interviews with Alan Wilson. South Carolina attorney general. whose office led the prosecution in the Murdaugh trial in 2023 and will also lead the charge in the retrial.
It also includes Bill Young. former mayor of Walterboro. the town in which the trial took place; Joe McCulloch. a lawyer and former colleague of Murdaugh’s grandfather Randolph “Buster” Murdaugh Jr. who represented juror Myra Crosby in the appeal; and Melissa and Neil Gordon. co-creators of Trial Watchers. who worked with Hill on a documentary and a book. publication of which has been halted.
Craig Moyer is among the juror voices featured. Myra Crosby, a juror whose dismissal from the trial jury just moments before deliberations began was cited by Murdaugh’s lawyers as evidence of jury interference, is also interviewed.
Behind the new series is a wider push to revisit cases and cultural moments quickly—without waiting years for a full documentary production cycle. Instadocs is executive produced by Josh Tyrangiel (Vice News Tonight. Bloomberg Businessweek. The Atlantic). Connor Schell (30 for 30. The Last Dance. O.J.: Made in America). and showrunner Steve Yaccino (Giuliani: What Happened to America’s Mayor?. Killer Lies: Chasing a True Crime Con Man). The series is described as tackling not only gripping cases like Murdaugh’s. but a vast array of current events. crises. and cultural moments.
The story’s pressure point remains the same: a conviction that was once treated as settled is now undone for a retrial. And while the murder case is back in motion, Murdaugh’s financial sentencing still keeps him in prison.
For anyone wanting to follow along with the broader Murdaugh timeline. there is also a related show already released: Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal Season 1. For Becky Hill and other courtroom insiders, the second season—Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal Season 2—offers additional material.
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted follows that same pull toward the courtroom’s edges: the roles, the decisions, and the moments close enough to be disputed but far enough to decide years of a person’s life.
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