Defendant Alex Murdaugh listens to testimony during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)
Mark 13:12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
Important Takeaways:
- Jury Finds Alex Murdaugh Guilty of Murdering Wife and Son
- A South Carolina jury on Thursday found disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of the double murder of his wife and son after a nearly six-week trial.
- Murdaugh reportedly stood still and did not speak or react as the judge read the jury’s verdict around 7:00 p.m. local time.
- In addition to the double murder conviction, the jury found Murdaugh guilty of two counts of possession of a weapon during a crime.
- Murdaugh “faces 30 years to life in prison without parole for each murder charge,” the Associated Press reports.
- Further, Murdaugh faces nearly 100 charges for various financial crimes, including fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, and forgery, as CBS News reported. Murdaugh is also accused of stealing more than $8 million from his former law firm and former clients and trying to hire an assassin to kill him as part of a $10 million life insurance scam.
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