South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to two consecutive life in prison terms in the shooting deaths of his wife and son.
The Associated PressAlex Murdaugh is shown Wednesday entering the courtroom at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., during the closing arguments phase of the trial.Murdaugh, 54, was sentenced by Judge Clifton Newman to life without the possibility of parole in the same courtroom his father, grandfather and great-grandfather each tried cases as the elected prosecutor for more than 80 years.
His 52-year-old wife was shot four or five times with a rifle and their 22-year-old son was shot twice with a shotgun at the kennels near their rural Colleton County home. Testimony culminated in Murdaugh's appearance on the witness stand, where he steadfastly maintained his innocence in the deaths of his wife and son.Murdaugh had told police repeatedly after the killings that he was not at the kennels and was instead napping before he went to visit his ailing mother that night. Murdaugh called 911 and said he discovered the bodies when he returned home.
The now-disbarred attorney admitted stealing millions of dollars from the family firm and clients, saying he needed the money to fund his drug habit.
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