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Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 27 years in prison for state financial crimes
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Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to prison for defrauding his former law clients in a decade-long scheme that unraveled after his wife and son were fatally shot.
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Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced for stealing $12 million from his clients and family law firm, in addition to the life sentence he is serving for the murders of his wife and son.
By Dianne Gallagher, Dakin Andone and Wesley Bruer, CNN (CNN) — Alex Murdaugh – the disgraced former South Carolina attorney serving two life sentences for the murders of his wife and son – was sentenced to another 27 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to nearly two dozen state financi…
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole most…
State prosecutors and Murdaugh's lawyers negotiated a 27-year prison sentence for the man who is already serving a life term without parole for murder.
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them.
Murdaugh pleaded guilty earlier this month to 22 financial fraud-related charges stemming from allegations that the former attorney stole money from his clients.
Alex Murdaugh is set to appear in a South Carolina court Tuesday to be sentenced for his financial crimes. Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 22 counts earlier this month.
The emotional testimony from victims who had been duped by the disgraced lawyer came before a judge accepted a deal sentencing Murdaugh to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.
Alex Murdaugh's sentencing came after several of his 18 victims let him know how much he harmed them. Murdaugh is already serving a life sentence without parole for the slayings of his wife and younger son, a conviction he is appealing.
Murdaugh pleaded guilty earlier this month to 22 financial fraud-related charges stemming from allegations that the former attorney stole money from his clients.
Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to prison for defrauding his former law clients in a decade-long scheme that unraveled after his wife and son were fatally shot.
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them.
Anguished clients got to look South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh in the eye Tuesday and tell him how he had destroyed their trust, as he was sentenced to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.
