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Alex Murdaugh murder jury to hear financial crimes evidence

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A judge has ruled he will allow jurors to hear evidence that disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was stealing money from his law firm and clients and committing other

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  1. Stolen money evidence allowed in Alex Murdaugh murder trial

    Headline from Waco Tribune-Herald ·

  2. CFO of Alex Murdaugh's former law firm testifies she confronted him about missing funds the morning his wife and son were killed

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

  3. Newest

    Alex Murdaugh murder jury to hear financial crimes evidence

    Headline from Waco Tribune-Herald ·

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  1. Fox News

    Alex Murdaugh double murder trial puts spotlight on slain wife Maggie's final moments (opens Fox News)

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    Alex Murdaugh, a former lawyer, assistant prosecutor and scion of a powerful South Carolina legal dynasty, is charged with the double murder of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021.

  2. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Stolen money evidence allowed in Alex Murdaugh murder trial (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    A judge has ruled that prosecutors can call witnesses to testify how Alex Murdaugh allegedly stole money as part of the double murder trial for the disbarred South Carolina attorney.

  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Financial misdeeds allowed in Alex Murdaugh murder trial (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    A judge has ruled that prosecutors can call witnesses to testify how Alex Murdaugh allegedly stole money as part of the double murder trial for the disbarred South Carolina attorney as long as they can show it is convincing evidence and linked to the killings.

  4. Vox

    The Murdaugh Murders finally go to trial — but the case so far is thinner than you might think (opens Vox)

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    Alex Murdaugh is finally on trial for allegedly murdering his wife and son. Here’s a rundown of the evidence so far.

  5. Local News 8

    CFO of Alex Murdaugh's former law firm testifies she confronted him about missing funds the morning his wife and son were killed (opens Local News 8)

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    By Dakin Andone, Dianne Gallagher and Alta Spells, CNN The chief financial officer of Alex Murdaugh’s former law firm testified in his double murder trial Thursday about confronting the now-disbarred attorney about missing funds the morning his wife and son were killed, as prosecutors work to convin…

  6. Fox News

    Alex Murdaugh's best friend weeps on stand over betrayal as testimony concludes Thursday (opens Fox News)

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    Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced scion of a powerful legal family in South Carolina, is on trial for the double murder of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021, at the family's sprawling hunting estate in Colleton County.

  7. CBS News

    Judge continues deliberations on evidence of possible motive in Alex Murdaugh trial (opens CBS News)

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    A former colleague testified that Murdaugh was questioned about $800,000 that was missing hours before the murders.

  8. Fox News

  9. Courthouse News Service

    Alex Murdaugh faced financial ruin before murders at hunting estate, witnesses say (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    South Carolina prosecutors claim the disbarred attorney gunned down his wife and son in a desperate bid to avert professional disaster as colleagues at his family’s law firm raised questions about missing legal fees.

  10. NBC News

    At Alex Murdaugh trial, legal teams clash over how financial crimes relate to murder case (opens NBC News)

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    South Carolina Judge Clifton Newman said he's inclined to have Murdaugh’s alleged financial impropriety submitted into evidence — but what will the jury get to hear?

  11. Kokomo Tribune

    How the cases in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial are shaping up (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Two weeks into the double murder trial of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, prosecutors haven’t presented any direct evidence that he killed his wife and son at their home in

  12. Fox News

    Alex Murdaugh trial enters week 3 with focus on Paul Murdaugh boat crash, Mallory Beach death (opens Fox News)

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    Alex Murdaugh, a former lawyer, assistant prosecutor and scion of a powerful South Carolina legal dynasty, is charged with the double murder of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021.

  13. NBC News

    Judge allows Alex Murdaugh's financial crimes into evidence at murder trial, a pivotal win for the prosecution (opens NBC News)

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    Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman ruled that the jury is entitled to consider if "the apparent desperation" of Murdaugh's financial situation led him to kill his wife and son.

  14. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Alex Murdaugh murder jury to hear financial crimes evidence (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    A judge has ruled he will allow jurors to hear evidence that disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was stealing money from his law firm and clients and committing other

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