BREAKING: Jury finds Alex Murdaugh guilty of double murder.
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Alex Murdaugh, 54, who called 911 to report the discovery, was charged with their murders more than a year later. He faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted.Prosecutors claim that Alex Murdaugh, who comes from a legacy of prominent attorneys in the region, killed his wife and son to gain sympathy and distract from his financial wrongdoings.
Waters told the jurors that credibility is important and painted Murdaugh as someone good at lying who was use to anticipating how jurors read things. Waters said the last time Alex Murdaugh saw his wife and child alive was the "most important thing" he could have told law enforcement. Defense attorney Jim Griffin listens as Judge Clifton Newman charges the jury before they begin deliberation in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse, March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C."Which brings us to the question, why?" said Griffin, discounting the state's proposed motive that years of lies and theft were about to catch up to Alex Murdaugh and the murders were a way to divert attention.
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