Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison

disgraced former attorney Alec Murdoch is beginning his new life behind bars a judge sentencing Murdoch to life in prison for the murders of his wife and son the 54 year-old now also with a new mug shot official sharing that photo his head now shave they say he is at the Kirkland reception and evaluation center in Columbia, South Carolina where he is beginning that life sentence at his sentencing Murdoch appearing in court in shackles and a prison jumpsuit the judge addressed Murdoch directly seemingly wanting him to confess and admonishing him for his duplicitous conduct throughout the trial but Murdoch once again proclaiming his innocence before the court and there to witness the proceedings with the parents of Mallory Beach, the young woman who died in the boating accident where Paul Murdoch was allegedly drunk while driving that boat 22 year-old Paul was facing charges in that incident before he was murdered. Also there some of the jurors the panel that took less than 3 hours to find Murdoch guilty of killing his wife Maggie and his younger son Murdoch is still facing about a 100 more charges related to alleged financial crimes including fraud money laundering and tax evasion and his lawyer say he plans to appeal the verdict in the murder trial.

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