Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes in state court, adding to prison time

Published November 17, 2023 12:20 PM

By JAMES POLLARD
Associated Press/Report for America

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Friday to a slew of financial crimes in state court, adding to the prison time facing the longtime lawyer who was convicted of killing his wife and son. Murdaugh agreed to plead guilty to more than a dozen counts, including money laundering, breach of trust and financial fraud, in exchange for a 27-year sentence. The sentence must be approved by Judge Clifton Newman. He set a sentencing hearing for Nov. 28 at which victims or their families will get to speak. Murdaugh is already serving life in prison without parole after he was convicted in March of two counts of murder.

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