Alex Murdaugh Hit With 40 Year Prison Sentence for Federal Financial Crimes
Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced former South Carolina attorney who murdered his wife and son, was sentenced to another 40 years in prison on Monday for bilking millions from his clients and former law firm.
The federal judge’s decision is the latest chapter in a serpentine saga centered on a family of prominent lawyers that encompassed drugs, suicide-by-hire, massive embezzlement, and a sensational trial.
“I am filled with sorry and I am filled with guilt over the things that I did to these people that I care about,” Murdaugh said in the Charleston courtroom on Monday. “And I also spent a lot of time trying to think about how in the world I might ever make up for the things that I have done.”