Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison
The US lawyer has been found guilty of killing his wife and youngest son.
The prominent lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his son and wife on their family estate in 2021. Judge Clifton Newman sentenced Murdaugh to life in prison for each murder count and said these will be served consecutively.
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(Photo: Alex Murdaugh gives testimony in his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, U.S., February 23, 2023. Credit: Grace Beahm Alford/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/File Photo)
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