Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Monday by a federal decide to 40 years in jail for quite a few monetary crimes.
The convicted assassin will serve a 40-year sentence concurrently with a 27-year sentence in South Carolina, which convicted him of comparable crimes.
The sentences are along with two consecutive life sentences Murdaugh obtained for killing his spouse Maggie and youngest son Paul.
“Belief in our authorized system begins with belief in its attorneys,” U.S. Lawyer Adair F. Boroughs mentioned in an announcement. “South Carolinians flip to attorneys when they’re most weak, and in our state, those that abuse the general public belief and enrich themselves via fraud, theft and suicide might be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the legislation.”
Murdaugh was accused of stealing thousands and thousands of {dollars} from his earlier legislation agency and its purchasers, and was additionally ordered to pay greater than $8 million in restitution to his victims.
Final week, prosecutors filed a movement to withdraw a plea take care of Murdaugh, saying he failed a lie detector check and lied about the place the cash was spent.
“To permit the federal government to publicly cost Murdaugh with violating his plea settlement whereas permitting the federal government to withhold from the general public any alleged proof to help that cost would violate the general public's proper to the reality,” wrote Murdaugh's attorneys, Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian. of their motion.
Murdaugh allegedly admitted to stealing roughly $12 million from purchasers over time after promising to assist them with their medical payments.
“I wish to take accountability. I need my son to see me take accountability. I hope that by taking accountability, the individuals I damage can begin to heal,” Murdaugh mentioned.
