“If this doesn’t cross the line, then how do you decide where the line is?” a former prosecutor and criminal defense lawyer asked.Leila Register / NBC News; Getty ImagesMay 16, 2026, 6:59 AM EDTAt the center of the decision to overturn Alex Murdaugh’s convictions in the murders of his wife and son is one person: a court clerk accused of behaving so egregiously that the South Carolina Supreme Court had no choice but to throw out the disgraced lawyer’s guilty verdicts.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.