Alex Murdaugh was convicted of the murders of his son and his wife

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alex murdaugha lawyer belonging to one of the most powerful families in South Carolina, United States was stated guilty this Thursday that he killed his wife and childa case that kept the country on its toes for weeks and on which Netflix has created a miniseries.

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“The proof of guilt is overwhelming”Judge Clifton Newman said after the jury returned its unanimous verdict.

The popular 54-year-old lawyer was accused of shooting his wife, Maggie (52), and their youngest son, Paul (22), at their home in rural South Carolina in 2021. the Murdaugh family enjoyed great influence.

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The prosecution argued that Murdaugh committed the crime with with the aim of preventing his numerous cases of embezzlement and money laundering from coming to light.

Murdaugh himself admitted during his trial that he had lied to police about his whereabouts on the night of the crime, but assured that it was due to paranoia caused by drug use and tearfully denied shooting his family.

The judge in charge of the case, Clifton Newman, said he would hand down the sentence later, according to the newspaper. The New York Times. The minimum sentence for murder in South Carolina, where the trial took place, is 30 years in prison, but the prosecution has already requested a life sentence.

Both the woman and the lawyer’s son were shot multiple times with a shotgun and shotgun, though the murder weapons were never found, just as there were no bloodstains or other types of physical evidence .

What was found was a video recorded by Paul Murdaugh shortly before his death, in which the voices of both parents are heard, destroying the initial alibi of the lawyer, who claimed he was not at home at the time of the crime.

When he was accused of the murders of his two relatives, Murdaugh was already in prison, awaiting trial on a hundred charges related to his practice as a lawyer.

Source: Clarin

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