Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to 27 years in prison for a host of white collar crimes including embezzlement, forgery, tax evasion and more on Tuesday. Murdaugh — already a convicted double murderer — pleading guilty to several charges as part of a plea deal at Beaufort County Courthouse in South Carolina. ---More...
Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 27 years for financial crimes in South Carolina
Murdaugh maintains his innocence and said at his sentencing hearing that he “would never hurt my wife Maggie and I would never hurt my son Paw Paw”
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