{"id":1931975,"date":"2023-05-16T19:25:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T23:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-writing-letters-from-prison-claiming-he-is-innocent-of-murder\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T19:27:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T23:27:48","slug":"alex-murdaugh-writing-letters-from-prison-claiming-he-is-innocent-of-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-writing-letters-from-prison-claiming-he-is-innocent-of-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Murdaugh denies murder from prison in letters."},"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\">16<\/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-writing-letters-from-prison-claiming-he-is-innocent-of-murder%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=1931975&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--><h2>Convicted Murderer Alex Murdaugh Claims Innocence in Letters from Prison<\/h2>\n<p>Despite being found guilty of murder and sentenced to two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-spent-20-years-in-prison-for-a-double-murder-he-didnt-commit-dna-evidence-exonerated-him\/\" title=\"He Spent 20 Years In Prison For A Double Murder He Didn\u2019t Commit. DNA Evidence Exonerated Him.\">consecutive life sentences<\/a>, Alex Murdaugh maintains his innocence in letters he has been writing from prison to his friends and family. Murdaugh&#8217;s friend, Chuck Arnold, received one of these letters and described the once-prominent South Carolina attorney as &#8220;a broken man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Admission of Financial Crimes<\/h3>\n<p>Arnold revealed that Murdaugh admitted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-trial-defense-plans-to-rest-new-charge-filed-against-disgraced-attorney\/\" title=\"Alex Murdaugh Trial: Defense Plans To Rest, New Charge Filed Against Disgraced Attorney\">numerous financial crimes<\/a> for which he was accused but insisted that he did not kill his wife and son. Murdaugh has been trying to make amends for these crimes through his letters.<\/p>\n<h3>The Trial<\/h3>\n<p>Murdaugh&#8217;s trial lasted six weeks, during which more than 70 witnesses testified. Murdaugh spent nearly two days testifying in his own defense, during which he admitted to lying about his whereabouts on the day his wife and son were murdered. The prosecution argued that Murdaugh lied about not going to the dog kennels on the day of the murders. Cell phone evidence taken from Paul&#8217;s phone less than five minutes before he was killed allegedly contains Murdaugh&#8217;s voice in the background. Prosecutors allege that Murdaugh murdered his wife and son around 8:49 p.m., just a few minutes after the video was taken.<\/p>\n<h3>Murdaugh&#8217;s Defense<\/h3>\n<p>Murdaugh maintained that he did not murder his wife and son, claiming that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-trial-jurors-visit-crime-scene-ahead-of-closing-statements\/\" title=\"Alex Murdaugh Trial: Jurors Visit Crime Scene Ahead Of Closing Statements\">alleged drug addiction made<\/a> him &#8220;paranoid,&#8221; which caused him to lie. He also testified that his son Paul was receiving threats over his involvement in a boat crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach. Paul was indicted on one count of boating under the influence, causing death and two counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-writing-letters-from-prison-claiming-he-is-innocent-of-murder\/\" title=\"Alex Murdaugh denies murder from prison in letters.\">causing significant bodily injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the overwhelming evidence against him, Murdaugh continues to claim his innocence. The case has captivated the nation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-riots-dragged-democrats-down-in-2020-data-shows-but-peaceful-protests-helped-them\/\" title=\"BLM Riots Dragged Democrats Down In 2020, Data Shows \u2014 But Peaceful Protests Helped Them\">sparked intense debate<\/a> about the criminal justice system. Only time will tell if Murdaugh&#8217;s claims of innocence will be proven true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>his past mistakes by proclaiming his innocence in letters to loved ones from prison,\u201d said Chuck Arnold, a friend of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh. Murdaugh denies killing his wife and son in the letters, according to Arnold, who described the former attorney as a \u201cbroken man.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":1931976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[9266,4775,7031,16125,4349,3891],"class_list":["post-1931975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-alex","tag-denies","tag-letters","tag-murdaugh","tag-murder","tag-prison"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1931976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}