Live updates: Alex Murdaugh found guilty in murder of wife, son

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Alex Murdaugh has been found guilty of killing his wife and son, tarnishing a last name that for four generations has been synonymous with the law in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. On March 2, a jury unanimously found Alex Murdaugh guilty of killing his wife and son in 2021. (Video: Reuters) Murdaugh pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife Maggie and son Paul. People across the world have followed the case, which is a sordid situation of local power dynamics and other unexplained deaths.

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Carousel - $Here's what to know:: use tab or arrows to navigate Alex Murdaugh blinked repeatedly as the clerk read the guilty verdict on all counts. His son, who goes by Buster, had his hand on his face and stared into space. He squeezed his eyes and wiped his nose as his face reddened. The previous three generations of men in the Murdaugh family have served as elected prosecutors in the state’s Lowcountry, and this already stands as a large blemish on the family name. Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman deferred sentencing of Alex Murdaugh until Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. due to the “late hour.” Legal observers were surprised at how quickly the jury came to a verdict. Many expected deliberations to stretch into next week. “The quick decision shows they didn’t have any reasonable doubt in their minds at all,” said Miller Shealy, a law professor at Charleston Charleston School of Law. “The jury didn’t buy that it could be anyone else.”

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