Alex Murdaugh faces sentencing for killing his wife and son

• Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of two counts of murder.
• And two charges of possessing a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
• He will be sentenced on Friday.

After being found guilty of killing his wife and son, age 22, Alex Murdaugh, will be sentenced on Friday.

Jurors spent less than three hours on Thursday to find Murdaugh guilty of two counts of murder in the June 2021 deaths as well as two charges of possessing a firearm during the commission of a violent crime after hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses over the course of more than a month.

Colleton County, South Carolina’s sentencing hearing is slated to begin at 9:30 am on Friday.

In order to spare Murdaugh the death penalty, prosecutors have stated that they will ask for a sentence of life in prison without the chance of release.

“Justice was done today,” lead prosecutor Creighton Waters said in a Thursday night news conference. “It doesn’t matter who your family is. It doesn’t matter how much money you have, or people think you have. It doesn’t matter … how prominent you are. If you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in South Carolina.”

On June 7, 2021, Murdaugh’s wife Maggie and his younger son Paul were discovered shot dead on the family’s Islandton farm.

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Last week, Murdaugh testified in his own defense and claimed to have discovered the dead after returning from a quick visit with his ill mother.

Following the verdict, the defense requested a mistrial; however, Judge Clifton Newman refused, stating that the jury had ample time to review the evidence and that it was “overwhelming” in favor of the prosecution.

The prosecution mostly relied on circumstantial evidence, including phone and car monitoring systems that suggested Murdaugh’s movements the night of the deaths, as there was little to no direct evidence linking Murdaugh to the site and no eyewitnesses.

Murdaugh, according to the prosecution, wanted to divert attention from and postpone inquiries into his mounting financial issues.

They focused on Murdaugh’s history of dishonesty, claiming he stole millions of dollars from his previous customers and legal company and lied to hide it. Murdaugh acknowledged these crimes in court.

However, the prosecution cited another fabrication that was crucial to the case: a video tape that showed Murdaugh at the crime scene just before the killings, despite his repeated denials throughout the inquiry.

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