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Disgraced US lawyer Murdaugh sentenced to life for murder of wife, son

Alex Murdaugh stood with his defense attorneys Jim Griffin (left) and Dick Harpootlian while he was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in a double murder trial during his sentencing at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on March 3, 2023 after he was found guilty on all four counts. © Andrew Whitaker, AP

In the culmination of the once-prominent lawyer’s fall from grace, Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday after being convicted of murdering his wife and son.

Judge Clifton Newman asked Murdaugh if he had anything he wanted to say before sentencing him to two consecutive life terms, and the South Carolina attorney maintained his innocence. 

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