Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdo was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after two murder convictions.
Judge Clifton Newman sentenced Murdo at the Colleton County Courthouse a day after he was found guilty of murdering his wife and son. Maggie and Paul Murdo were shot in June 2021 near the kennels of the family’s hunting lodge in Islandton, South Carolina.
Murdo maintained his innocence before the sentencing, according to the Associated Press.
“I can tell you that I respect this court. But I am innocent. “I would not hurt my wife Maggie and my son Paul-Paul,” he said.
“Maybe it’s not you.” It could have been the monster that you were,” Newman shot back, referring to opioid addiction. Muradau said he stole millions from clients to finance his drug addiction.
Buster Murdough, son of Alex Murdough, hears closing arguments from Prosecutor John Meadors during the trial in the death of Alex Murdough at the Colleton County Courthouse, March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, South. (Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty)
Newman pointed to the Murdoch family’s influence in Colleton County, saying they have “administered justice in this community for over a century.” South Carolina Post and Courier reported.
The family has deep roots in Colleton County, as Murdo’s father and grandfather both served as South Carolina’s 14th District Attorney for decades, WJCL noted. The 14th Circuit includes Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties.
“The judge stated that in order to ensure a fair trial, Murdog should order the portrait of his grandfather removed from where it hangs in the back of the courtroom,” the judge wrote. Mail and courier.
Alex Murdow enters the courthouse during his sentencing in Colleton County District Court, Friday, March 3, after pleading guilty to all four counts in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, March 3. (AP, Pool via Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier)
During closing arguments, Murdog’s attorney said, as noted by Breitbart News, that law enforcement “failed miserably” during the investigation:
“We (the South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement) believe we have proven that we failed in our investigation of this matter,” Murdog’s attorney, Jim Griffin, said. “If they had done their job properly, Alex would have been taken off the hook a year or two ago.”
However, prosecutor John Meadors took offense to Griffin’s remarks and challenged the evidence.
“I find it insulting that the defense attorney … claimed that law enforcement did not do their job by obstructing justice by not saying, ‘I was at the kennel,'” Meadors said.
Murdo faces nearly 100 financial crime charges, including “fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and forgery”. He stole more than 8 million dollars And tries to get a man to shoot her $10 million in a life insurance plan,” CBS News reported.
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