Lawyer Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife and son in the US

American lawyer Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife and son this Thursday, ending a trial that lasted six weeks and caused a major media storm in the United States. Popular lawyer, 54, He is accused of shooting his wife Maggie (52 years old) and their youngest son Paul (22 years old) in 2021.in his home, located in a rural part of the state of South Carolina, where the Murdaugh family enjoyed great influence.

Prosecutors argued that Murdaugh committed the crime to prevent his numerous embezzlement and money laundering cases from coming to light. Murdaugh himself admitted during the trial that he had lied to the police about his whereabouts. on the night of the crime, but assured that it was due to paranoia caused by drug consumption, and tearfully denied that he had shot his family. The judge presiding over the case, Clifton Newman, said he would impose the sentence at a later date, according to the newspaper. The New York Times.

The minimum sentence for murder in South Carolina, where the trial was held, is 30 years in prison. The prosecution has already announced that it will seek life imprisonment. Both the woman and the lawyer’s son were shot several times with a rifle and a shotgun.although the weapon of the crime was not found, nor were blood stains or other material evidence.

What was found was a video taken by Paul Murdaugh shortly before he died, in which the voices of both parents can be heard, destroying the lawyer’s initial alibi, which claimed he was not in the house at the time of the crime. When he was accused of murdering his two cousins, Murdaugh was already in prison.he is awaiting trial for about a hundred charges related to his legal work.