The jury within the double homicide trial of Alex Murdaugh has discovered him responsible of murdering his spouse and son, the grisliest and most extreme of the allegations confronted by the disgraced former South Carolina legal professional.
Murdaugh, the 54-year-old scion of a distinguished and highly effective household of native legal professionals and solicitors, was additionally discovered responsible of two counts of possession of a weapon through the fee of a violent crime within the killings of Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh on June 7, 2021.
Prosecutors have indicated they are going to search life in jail with out the potential for parole for the murders, sparing him the demise penalty.
In a separate case but to go to trial, Murdaugh continues to face 99 separate prices stemming from a horde of alleged monetary crimes, together with defrauding his purchasers, former regulation agency and the federal government of about $9 million.
