The once-prominent heir to a low country legal dynasty faced life in prison if convicted of the murders of his youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, and wife, Maggie Murdaugh; prosecutors say Alex Murdaugh fatally shot them on the family's 1,770-acre estate to gain sympathy ahead of exposure to his financial crimes and debts.
The State claims that the biggest lie Alex Murdaugh told was that he was never at the dog kennels right before Maggie and Paul were killed; prosecutors allege that he decided to admit it when he took the witness stand.
A disgraced attorney disbarred over alleged money crimes is a convicted murderer in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul; convicted killer Alex Murdaugh stands before Judge Clifton Newman to be formally sentenced.
The once-prominent heir to a low country legal dynasty faced life in prison if convicted of the murders of his youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, and wife, Maggie Murdaugh; prosecutors say Alex Murdaugh fatally shot them on the family's 1,770-acre estate to gain sympathy ahead of exposure to his financial crimes and debts.
The once-prominent heir to a low country legal dynasty faced life in prison if convicted of the murders of his youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, and wife, Maggie Murdaugh; prosecutors say Alex Murdaugh fatally shot them on the family's 1,770-acre estate to gain sympathy ahead of exposure to his financial crimes and debts.