Court is adjourned
The almost six-week-long double murder trial that captured nationwide and global attention — a saga of fraudulent crimes, deaths and lies — has come to an end. Jurors were escorted out of the courtroom as spectators, the media and family members rose from their seats.
“Our business is done here in Colleton County,” Newman said as he banged the gavel.
Murdaugh still faces dozens of financial crimes charges
While Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison for the double murders of his wife and son, it likely won’t be his last time in court.
The disbarred lawyer still faces at least 99 financial-related crimes in 19 different indictments tied to stealing from his law clients over several years.
Murdaugh admitted to various financial crimes when he took the stand in his defense last week. During the trial, he was being held on a $7 million bond for the financial charges.
Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison without parole
Alex Murdaugh is punished with the maximum sentence of life in prison without parole for the fatal shootings of his wife, Margaret, and their younger son, Paul.
For a separate charge of two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime, he is not sentenced because of the life sentence.
Judge to Murdaugh: ‘When will the lies end?’
Earlier in Murdaugh’s testimony, the disgraced lawyer said that the lies he told were compounding: “What a tangled web we weave, once you tell a lie.”
Newman asked Murdaugh what he meant when he testified about the web of lies.
“I meant when I lied, I continued to lie,” Murdaugh replied.
Newman noted that the jury has concluded he has lied throughout his testimony, particularly about his alibi and his omission of being at the scene of the murder moments before his wife and son were fatally shot.
“When will it end?” Newman asked.
Judge speaks of the ‘monster you became’ to Murdaugh
Murdaugh declined to speak further when asked by Newman if he wanted to address the court before his sentencing.
“I’ll tell…
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