谋杀罪名成立后，亚历克斯·默多的律师正式提出重新审判的动议

Alex Murdaugh has officially filed a motion for a new trial, eight months after he was found guilty for the 2021 murders of his wife and son.

亚历克斯·默多正式提出了重新审判的动议，八个月前，他被判犯有2021年谋杀妻子和儿子的罪行。

The motion was filed in Colleton County, South Carolina, on Friday, multiple outlets reported, including Fox Carolina and Greenville News.

包括福克斯卡罗来纳和格林维尔新闻在内的多家媒体报道称，该动议于周五在南卡罗来纳州的科尔顿县提起。

The formal filing comes roughly two months after Murdaugh’s legal team appealed the disgraced South Carolina attorney’s convictions. Murdaugh, 55, received two life sentences in March for killing his wife, Maggie, 52, and son, Paul, 22.

大约两个月前，默多的法律团队对这位声名狼藉的南卡罗来纳州律师的定罪提出了上诉。今年3月，55岁的默多因杀害52岁的妻子玛吉和22岁的儿子保罗而被判无期徒刑。

PEOPLE reviewed a motion filed by Murdaugh’s defense attorneys Richard Harpootlian and James Griffin in September, which accuses Rebecca Hill, the Colleton County Clerk of Court, of tampering with the jury and “advising them not to believe Murdaugh's testimony and other evidence presented by the defense, pressuring them to reach a quick guilty verdict, and even misrepresenting critical and material information to the trial judge in her campaign to remove a juror she believed to be favorable to the defense.”

《人物》杂志回顾了穆尔多的辩护律师理查德·哈波特利安和詹姆斯·格里芬在9月份提交的一份动议，该动议指控科勒顿县法院书记丽贝卡·希尔(Rebecca Hill)干扰陪审团，并“建议他们不要相信穆尔多的证词和辩方提供的其他证据，迫使他们迅速做出有罪判决，甚至在审判法官撤换她认为对辩方有利的陪审员时，向她歪曲关键和重要的信息。”

According to the motion, Hill “pressured the jurors to reach a quick verdict, telling them from the outset of their deliberations that it ‘shouldn’t take them long.”

根据动议，希尔“向陪审员施加压力，要求他们迅速做出裁决，从他们审议的一开始就告诉他们‘不应该花太长时间’。”

"Ms. Hill did these things to secure for herself a book deal and media appearances that would not happen in the event of a mistrial," the motion reads. "Ms. Hill betrayed her oath of office for money and fame."

“希尔女士做这些事情是为了确保自己的出书合同和媒体曝光率，而这些在审判无效的情况下是不会发生的，”动议写道。"希尔女士为了金钱和名誉背叛了她的就职誓言"

“The serious allegations in the petition filed today speak for themselves but we believe they explain a number of peculiarities in the six-week trial,” Murdaugh’s attorneys said in a statement to PEOPLE at the time. “Alex Murdaugh maintained and still maintains his innocence of the murder of Maggie and Paul and he believes the truth will ultimately prevail."

穆尔多的律师当时在给《人物》杂志的一份声明中说:“今天提交的请愿书中的严重指控不言自明，但我们认为它们解释了六周审判中的一些奇怪之处。”“亚历克斯·默多一直坚持认为他是无辜的，他相信真相最终会占上风。”

Hill denied allegations of jury tampering to the Hampton County Guardian in September.

今年9月，希尔在接受《汉普顿郡卫报》采访时否认了对陪审团进行干预的指控。

The Post and Courier reported that Murdaugh’s attorneys filed another motion on Wednesday to remove Judge Clifton Newman from the case before he can rule over the motion for a new trial.

据《邮报和信使报》报道，默多的律师周三提出了另一项动议，要求在克利夫顿·纽曼法官对重新审判的动议作出裁决之前，将他从此案中除名。

According to the Associated Press, Murdaugh’s attorneys argued that Newman is no longer impartial to the facts of the case because he implied in several interviews after the sentencing that Murdaugh was guilty. They also argued that Newman is a material witness to Hill allegedly tampering with the jury.

据美联社报道，穆尔多的律师辩称，纽曼在判决后的几次采访中暗示穆尔多有罪，因此不再对案件的事实持公正态度。他们还辩称，纽曼是希尔涉嫌干扰陪审团的重要证人。

“If the factfinder is a judge who has denounced Mr. Murdaugh on national television, the decision on the motion for a new trial will be unreviewable and forever suspect. The bell cannot be un-rung on appeal,” the attorneys claim, per The Post and Courier.

如果调查人员是一名曾在全国电视上谴责穆尔多的法官，那么重新审判动议的决定将是不可复审的，而且永远是可疑的。根据《邮报》和《信使报》的报道，律师们声称:“上诉不能撤销。”