Alex Murdaugh cries as he addresses the court during his sentencing for stealing from 18 clients at the Beaufort County Courthouse in Beaufort, S.C. on Nov. 28, 2023. For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit and shackles instead of the suit the lawyer used to wear, will shuffle into a courtroom in South Carolina and wait for a judge to punish him.
Murdaugh "spent most of his career deceiving everyone in his personal and professional circles -- unburdened by his own conscience. The scope and pervasiveness of Murdaugh's deceit is staggering. He ranks as one of the most prolific fraudsters this state has ever seen. When the house of cards began to fall, Murdaugh murdered his wife and son," prosecutors wrote.
Murdaugh was convicted a year ago of killing his younger son Paul with a shotgun and his wife, Maggie, with a rifle. While he has pleaded guilty to dozens of financial crimes, he adamantly denies he killed them and testified in his own defence. There will be years of appeals in the murder cases. The defence said the alleged odd behavior and unusual questions from a FBI agent caused Murdaugh to fail the test. They asked the court to release all his statements to the FBI.Prosecutors want to keep many of the FBI statements secret, saying they are still investigating the missing money and who might have helped Murdaugh steal. They say making the information public would jeopardize an ongoing grand jury investigation.The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne today.
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