{"id":1866261,"date":"2023-03-03T11:38:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T16:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-maintains-his-innocence\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T11:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T16:59:40","slug":"alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-maintains-his-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-maintains-his-innocence\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison; maintains his innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-maintains-his-innocence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1866261&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After being convicted in two murder cases in which Murdaugh&#8217;s son and wife were killed in the shooting attack on June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh was led by sheriff&#8217;s deputy to the Colleton County Courthouse. (AP Photo\/Chris Carlson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Sophia Flores<br \/>8:37 AM PT \u2013 Friday, March 3, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Alex Murdaugh received two life sentences, without parole. His sentencing comes after a jury found him guilty of the murders in his marriage and with his son.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Murdaugh (54 years old) showed up at his sentencing wearing a brown prison jumpsuit, shackles, and a brown prison jumpsuit. During sentencing, Murdaugh maintained his innocence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640226bc9ca27.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;m innocent. I would never hurt my wife Maggie and I would never hurt my son Paul Paul.&#8221; \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlexMurdaugh?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AlexMurdaugh<\/a> speaks to the judge. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MurduaghTrial?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MurduaghTrial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GYNJpsHXB9\">pic.twitter.com\/GYNJpsHXB9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cathyrusson\/status\/1631668417215479808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m innocent. I would never hurt my wife Maggie. And I would never hurt my son Paul Paul,&#8221; Murdaugh told the judge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Throughout the sentencing, Judge Clifton Newman referred to the trial as &#8220;one of the most troubling cases&#8221; he has witnessed as a judge. Judge Newman and Murdaugh were familiar with each other for years before the trial due to both being members of the South Carolina legal community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;It is also particularly troubling, Mr. Murdaugh, because as a member of the legal community \u2026 we have seen each other at various occasions throughout the years,&#8221; Newman said. &#8220;And it was especially heartbreaking for me to see you go, in the media, as a grieving father who lost a wife and son to being the person indicted and convicted of killing them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;And it might not have been\u00a0you.\u00a0It might have been the monster\u00a0that you become when you\u00a0take 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60\u00a0opioid pills. Maybe you\u00a0become another person,&#8221; Newman said<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Newman brought up Murdaugh&#8217;s testimony and asked him when the lies will end.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640226bc9ca27.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Judge Newman asks Alex Murdaugh what &#8220;what a tangled web we weave means to him. <\/p>\n<p>Murdaugh: &#8220;When I lied, I continued to lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Judge Newman: &#8220;When will it end? The jury concluded that you lied and lied and continued to lie throughout your testimony.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E3OBx1S7wf\">pic.twitter.com\/E3OBx1S7wf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/girlsreallyrule\/status\/1631671350745079810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;And the question is, when will it end? When will it end? And it has ended already for the jury, because they&#8217;ve concluded that you have continued to lie and lied throughout your testimony,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Murdaugh faced 30 years to life in prison. Prosecutors seeked the maximum sentence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;I would submit to you that the only just sentence here to give justice for Maggie and Paul is the maximum, and that would be two consecutive life sentences,&#8221; Prosecutor Creighton Waters said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Newman said that Murdaugh&#8217;s murder conviction qualifies for the death penalty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t question at all the\u00a0decision of the state not to\u00a0pursue the death penalty.\u00a0But as I sit here in this\u00a0courtroom and look around at the\u00a0many portraits of judges and\u00a0other court officials and\u00a0reflect on the fact that over\u00a0the past century, your family \u2014\u00a0including you \u2014 have been\u00a0prosecuting people here in this\u00a0courtroom, and many have received\u00a0the death penalty, probably for\u00a0lesser conduct,&#8221; Newman said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Thursday, Murdaugh was found unanimously guilty by a jury after a nearly six-week-long trial. According to reports, the jury took only 45 minutes to deliberate. The disgraced South Carolina attorney was charged with two counts of murder, and two counts of possession of a weapon during a crime. He was found guilty on all four counts.<\/p>\n<p>His wife Maggie, 52, and their younger son, Paul, 22, were found dead due to gunshot wounds on the family&#8217;s estate in June 2021. Prosecutors argued that Murdaugh committed the murders in order to gain sympathy and to hide his elaborate embezzlement scheme. He embezzled millions of dollars from his law firm and family.<\/p>\n<p>Murdaugh will remain in a holding facility in Columbia, South Carolina, for about 45 days until he is transferred to prison to serve his sentences.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-maintains-his-innocence\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-maintains-his-innocence\">Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison; maintains his innocence<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being convicted in two murder cases in which Murdaugh&#8217;s son and wife were killed in the shooting attack on June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh was led by sheriff&#8217;s deputy to the Colleton County Courthouse. 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