Alex Murdaugh Pleads Guilty To Financial Crimes – The First Time He’s Admitted Blame To A Judge
September 21, 2023 8:58AM AKDT
Alex Murdaugh listens as prosecutor Creighton Waters makes closing arguments during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Wednesday, March 1, in Walterboro, S.C. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has pleaded guilty in federal court to financial crimes.
Thursday’s court appearance is the first time the disbarred attorney has admitted responsibility for a crime before a judge. Murdaugh is serving life in prison without parole for killing his wife and son, but he adamantly denied shooting them from the witness stand at his double murder trial.
In federal court, Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 22 counts of financial fraud and money laundering.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
The federal guilty plea likely locks in years if not decades in prison, even if the double murder conviction is overturned.
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