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A jury finds disbarred lawyer Alex Murdaugh guilty in the deaths of his wife and son

The legal team for Alex Murdaugh (center) presented their closing argument in his double murder trial on Thursday. He's seen here listening to prosecutor Creighton Waters make his closing arguments at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)

A South Carolina jury has found once-prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty on all counts in the deaths of his wife and son.

Jurors deliberated for about three hours before convicting him on two counts of murder and two counts of using a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Murdaugh showed little emotion as the verdicts were read.

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