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Alex Murdaugh's execution proceedings has travel to an end.
On March 2, a assemblage gave the verdict and recovered the erstwhile idiosyncratic wounded lawyer blameworthy of murdering his wife Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and lad Paul Murdaugh, 22. He had pleaded not guilty to two counts of execution and 2 counts of possession of a limb during the committee of a convulsive crime, but was recovered blameworthy connected each 4 counts, according to NBC News.
Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman said Murdaugh's sentencing volition statesman connected March 3, per the outlet.
E! News has reached retired to Murdaugh's lawyer and has not heard back.
The verdict concludes a six-week agelong proceedings that examined wherever Murdaugh was connected June 7, 2021—the nighttime that Maggie and Paul were changeable and killed astatine the family's hunting property in Islandton, S.C. The brace died adjacent the lodge's canine kennels arsenic a effect of aggregate gunshot wounds, a State Law Enforcement Division property merchandise said astatine the time.
Initially, Murdaugh had told prosecutors that helium was visiting his parents that night, and afterward came location to find Paul and Maggie dead. However, his dependable could beryllium heard successful a Snapchat video—timestamped 8:44 p.m—recorded by the kennels connected Paul's phone soon earlier their clip of death.
During his proceedings testimony, Murdaugh confessed to lying due to the fact that helium said his longtime opioid maltreatment made him "paranoid," and that helium was advised by instrumentality partners to not talk until Danny Henderson—his former chap instrumentality steadfast partner—arrived astatine the scene. The unit of being questioned by authorities from the State Law Enforcement Division besides prompted him to lie, helium said.
"All those things coupled unneurotic aft uncovering them, coupled with my distrust for SLED, caused maine to person paranoid thoughts," helium explained during the trial. "On June 7, I wasn't reasoning clearly, I don't deliberation I was susceptible of crushed and I lied astir being down [by the kennels], and I'm truthful atrocious that I did."
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However, prosecutors alleged that Murdaugh killed his woman and lad arsenic a diversion from the fiscal probe helium was under, according to NBC News. His defence squad denied the motive.
"Mr. Griffin, I didn't sprout my woman oregon my lad immoderate time," Murdaugh told his defence lawyer Jim Griffin. "Ever."
Paul's decease came aft helium was charged successful transportation to a 2019 vessel clang that near 19-year-old Mallory Beach dead. He had pled not blameworthy and the lawsuit was pending erstwhile Paul died.
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