american lawyer alex murdaugh convicted life imprisonment for this friday kill his wife and sonended a trial that lasted six weeks and caused a huge media commotion in the United States.
The popular 54-year-old attorney was convicted on Thursday of shooting his wife Maggie (52) and their youngest son Paul (22) at their home located in a rural area of South Carolina in 2021. Where the Murdaugh family has great influence.
The prosecution argued that Murdaugh committed the murder to prevent himself. numerous cases of embezzlement and money laundering.
Murdaugh agreed during the trial. lied to police about where he was the night the crime was committedbut reassured him that it was due to paranoia caused by his drug use, and he weptly denied that he had shot his family.
The minimum sentence for murder in South Carolina, where the trial was held 30 years in prison and maximum life imprisonment.
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The lawyer’s wife and son shot repeatedly with rifle and shotgundespite the crime having no weapons, bloodstains or other physical evidence.
What is found is a Video of both parents recorded shortly before his death by Paul Murdaughdestroyed the initial alibi of the lawyer, who claimed that he was not at home when the crime was committed.
Murdaugh was already in prison when he was accused of murdering two of his relatives, awaiting trial on hundreds of law-related charges.