Live updates: Alex Murdaugh to be sentenced for murdering wife and son

Live updates: Alex Murdaugh to be sentenced Friday for double murder - The Washington Post
Alex Murdaugh will be sentenced Friday morning after having been found guilty of killing his wife and son. He had been expected to be sentenced to between 30 years and life in prison; prosecutors argued on Friday for the maximum penalty, two consecutive life sentences. Murdaugh briefly spoke, maintaining his innocence. South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who a jury found guilty of killing his wife and son in 2021, is set to be sentenced on March 3. (Video: Reuters) Murdaugh, a former attorney accused of swindling millions while part of a South Carolina legal dynasty, was convicted on all charges Thursday night after the jury took just three hours to deliberate; one juror said they were on the same page after 45 minutes. Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman scheduled Murdaugh’s sentencing for 9:30 a.m.

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Carousel - $Here's what to know:: use tab or arrows to navigate Murdaugh blinked repeatedly as the clerk read the guilty verdict on all counts. His surviving son, who goes by Buster, had his hand on his face and stared into space. Murdaugh had pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder in the deaths of Maggie, who was 52, and, Paul, 22, in June 2021. Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, Murdaugh’s attorneys, plan to speak for the first time about the guilty verdict roughly an hour after sentencing concludes Friday.

Lead prosecutor Creighton Waters told “
Good Morning America” on Friday that the jury delivered “a just result for Maggie and Paul.” He added: “They looked him in his eyes, as much as I’ve had the chance to do, and realized who this person really was.”

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