Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of the grisly 2021 murders of his wife and son Thursday evening at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro.
As the jury reconvened at 7 p.m. local time —after just three hours of deliberations —Murdaugh sat ashen-faced on the stand. The foreman announced they had reached a unanimous verdict, which they passed to Judge Clifton Newman.
As the two guilty murder verdicts were announced, Murdaugh, 54, stood still and did not speak or react. He was also then found guilty of two counts of possession of a weapon in the commission of a crime.
Sitting a few rows back, Murdaugh’s remaining son, Buster, 26, cradled his chin in his hands and also showed no apparent emotion.
Addressing the court after the verdict had been read, Newman said: “The minimum sentence [on the homicide charges] is 30 years and the maximum is life imprisonment.”
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