Murdaugh was convicted of the 2021 murders of his wife and son, Maggie and Paul. The jury reached a decision in less than three hours Thursday.
After six weeks of trial, former South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife and son, as the 11-person jury reached a verdict in less than three hours.
Murdaugh, 54, scion of a powerful family of lawyers in the state's Lowcountry, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and son, Margaret"Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22. The pair were found shot dead on June 7, 2021, near the dog kennels at the family's hunting estate in Colleton County, South Carolina.
He was also found guilty of two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Murdaugh showed little emotion when the verdicts were read. Prosecutors have indicated they will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders, sparing him the death penalty.
A judge's gavel rests atop a desk in the courtroom of the Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum on February 3, 2009, in Miami, Florida. On Thursday, Alex Murdaugh was convicted of two first-degree murder counts in the 2021 slayings of his wife and son.Prosecutors argued that Murdaugh committed the murders to distract from his past financial crimes. While self-testifying, the disgraced ex-attorney admitted to stealing millions of dollars from his law firm and clients.
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