Alex Murdaugh was convicted Thursday evening of murdering his wife and son in South Carolina, where the death penalty is legal. But prosecutors have said they are not seeking capital punishment.
that no physical evidence tied him to the shootings, which took place about 50 miles from Charleston. Prosecutors said Murdaugh killed them to gain sympathy and obscure his swindling of nearly $9 million from law partners and clients, adding that he has since tried to “manufacture an alibi.” The jury took under three hours to side with the prosecution after the trial, which lasted more than a month.
In the last days of the trial, Murdaugh decided to take the stand in what legal experts described as a, opening him to cross-examination that mostly focused on how the lawyer stole money from clients, including teenagers and a quadriplegic man. He freely admitted to these accusations, but he maintained that he didn’t kill his wife and son. Legal experts said the fraud charges themselves could have brought decades of prison time.
Murdaugh will spend Thursday night in a cell at the Colleton County Jail, Kittle said in an email to The Washington Post.Ben Brasch, Andrea Salcedo, Tim Bella and Anumita Kaur contributed to this report.
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