Alex Murdaugh will spend the rest of his life behind bars without parole after being founded guilty of the harsh murders of his spouse Maggie and boy Paul.
The disgraced previous lawyer was sentenced to 2 successive life terms on Friday in South Carolina’s Colleton County Court and is now being held at the Kirkland Correctional Facility to figure out where he will serve time. The South Carolina Department of Correction launched his brand-new mugshot after he was booked.
The defence said that Murdaugh’s enduring boy Buster was not asked to plead with the judge for a lower sentence for his daddy since they did not wish to put him “through more trauma than anybody that we can imagine has ever been through.” They strategy to appeal the decision.
“We could have had Mother Teresa up there speaking on behalf of Alex at sentencing, but he was getting a double life sentence. That was expected,” lawyer Jim Griffin informed press reporters outside the court, per Fox News. “Judge Newman, he is a very stringent punisher when it comes to crimes and sentences. That was never in dispute.”
The consentaneous decision was reached after a remarkable six-week “trial of the century” in a vast and outrageous case that has actually enthralled the country for almost 2 years.
How Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial ended up being a circus
But it ought to then likewise come as little surprise that the prominent case spilled out into a phenomenon far beyond the testament jurors heard in the courtroom.
Rachel Sharp breaks down a few of the more uncommon minutes of the trial.
How Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial ended up being a circus
During a remarkable 6 weeks in Colleton County Courthouse, the murder trial testament was sidelined by a bomb danger, bad behaviour from the Murdaugh family, a questionable GoFundMe account, a Covid break out and a misbehaving juror. Rachel Sharp reports
Oliver O’Connell6 March 2023 07:30
Watch: Craziest court house minutes from the Alex Murdaugh trial
The craziest court house minutes from the Alex Murdaugh trial
Alex Murdaugh’s fate now lies with the jurors as they started consideration on Thursday, in what may end up being the most prominent murder case of the year. Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdoch is implicated of fatally shooting his spouse and boy on their property in South Carolina in 2021. Mr Murdaugh pleaded innocent, with the defence declaring that cops were too fast to blame, however absence of a concrete alibi among other proof is being utilized by the prosecution.The drama-filled lawsuit was streamed by millions, here are a few of the craziest minutes Sign as much as news notifies here
Oliver O’Connell6 March 2023 05:30
A minute-by-minute timeline of the night Maggie and Paul were killed
At the trial South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Agent Peter Rudofski provided a 43-page report putting together GPS points, call, text, and orientation information, detailing the motions of Alex, Maggie and Paul on the night of 7 June 2021.
Oliver O’Connell6 March 2023 03:30
Why was Alex Murdaugh founded guilty of murder?
Two various weapons were utilized in the 7 June 2021 attack – neither of which have actually ever been discovered.
Paul was assailed by his enemy as he stood in the feed room of the kennels, being shot two times with a 12-gauge shotgun.
The very first shot struck his chest, while a 2nd deadly shot tore through his shoulder, neck and head, blowing his whole brain out of his skull.
Just backyards far from Paul, Maggie was shot 5 times with a .300 Blackout semiautomatic rifle, as she attempted to leave her killer.
Here’s how the prosecution and the defence argued the case:
Oliver O’Connell6 March 2023 01:30
Murdaugh district attorneys talk to cheering crowd after guilty trial decision
At a pleased interview outside the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, state attorney general of the United States Alan Wilson hailed “a great day for the people of South Carolina”.
“Today’s verdict proves that no one – no one, no matter who you are in society – is above the law.”
Oliver O’Connell5 March 2023 23:30
Alex Murdaugh’s brand-new mugshot revealed
The Department of Corrections launched Alex Murdaugh’s brand-new mugshot simply hours after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in jail for killing his boy and spouse.
The disgraced legal scion lawyer was sentenced to 2 successive life terms on Friday in South Carolina’s Colleton County Court by Judge Clifton Newman. Murdaugh will be held at the Kirkland Correctional Facility while the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) figures out where he will serve time completely.
Andrea Blanco5 March 2023 22:30
Voices: We understood the Alex Murdaugh case was made complex – however nobody anticipated this
Power and prominence couldn’t save Murdaugh from dealing with justice for Maggie and Paul’s murders.
If anything, it just demonstrated how much even more he had actually fallen.
Oliver O’Connell5 March 2023 21:30
Man who shot Murdaugh in messed up hit man plot responds to guilty decision
Curtis “Cousin Eddie” Smith – a previous law office customer, remote cousin and declared drug dealership of Murdaugh – launched a declaration through his lawyer.
Oliver O’Connell5 March 2023 20:30
Voices: Will Alex Murdaugh remember what brought him down?
Megan Sheets composes that holes in Alex Murdaugh’s memory did not go undetected by the jury at his double-murder trial at the very same time he remembered a mountain of small information.
Oliver O’Connell5 March 2023 19:30
Murdaugh to appeal guilty decision as defence continues to gripe about case
Disgraced legal dynasty successor and founded guilty family killer Alex Murdaugh is already preparing to appeal his decision after a jury of 12 discovered him guilty of the murders of his spouse and boy.
Mr Harpootlian said that they will be submitting appeal files within 10 days and pledged that they would appeal his conviction all the method as much as the United States Supreme Court.
Rachel Sharp has the story.
Oliver O’Connell5 March 2023 18:30
