Murdaugh’s lawyers ask South Carolina Supreme Court to kick judge off the case

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for convicted murderer and disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to remove Judge Clifton Newman from handling all future appeals, hearings and trials in the Murdaugh case. The attorneys’ unusual motion — called a writ of prohibition — alleged that since Newman was a participant in various matters that will be in dispute at an upcoming hearing involving alleged jury tampering at Murdaugh’s trial, he should not be allowed to preside over that or other hearings in which Murdaugh is seeking a new trial. Murdaugh is seeking a...