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Why did Alex Murdaugh kill his wife and son? Here’s the motive presented by prosecutors

Murdaugh has been convicted of shooting dead Paul and Maggie at the family estate in South Carolina. But why did he do it?

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh jurors reveal why they weren’t fooled by his ability to turn the tears ‘on and off’ on the stand

Rather than convince the jury of his innocence, jurors said the killer’s decision to testify in his own defence helped to prove his guilt

The Independent UK

Jurors: Murdaugh didn't help his defense by testifying

Three jurors say Alex Murdaugh didn't help himself by testifying in his own defense against charges he murdered his wife and son

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What’s next for Alex Murdaugh after guilty trial verdict and life prison sentence?

Whatever the verdict had been in the murder case, Murdaugh was never walking out of court a free man

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s attorney makes bizarre – chicken-related – Twitter return after dressing down from judge

Jim Griffin’s choice of photo for his return to the social media platform is perhaps unusual given the role a chicken played in his client’s conviction

The Independent UK

No true crime shame: Murdaugh matters

Can privileged criminals face consequences? The Murdaugh murder trial speaks to anxieties fueling current tensions

Salon

John Oliver tells OJ Simpson why people want to know his thoughts on Alex Murdaugh trial

‘Last Week Tonight’ host pointed out why Simpson keeps being asked about the subject

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Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Son Buster calls police over media ‘harassment’ days after father’s guilty verdict

Murdaugh was convicted last week for murdering his wife Margaret and youngest son Paul in June 2021

The Independent UK

Live from New York: It’s a joke about the Murdaugh trial on ‘Saturday Night Live’

It didn’t take a jury long to convict Alex Murdaugh of murdering his wife and a son, and “Saturday Night Live” didn’t waste any time before it included the disgraced South Carolina lawyer in a joke.

Tribune News Service

Murder and mystery in the south: how the Murdaugh trial gripped America

‘Everyone knew they were crooked,’ one local said of Alex Murdaugh’s powerful family, now known nationally for a series of deaths in their orbit

The Guardian - US

Convicted double killer Alex Murdaugh 'told cousin to shoot him in the back of the head'

Murdaugh who was sentenced to life in prison today for the murder of his 52-year-old wife Maggie and their son Paul, 22, in June 2021 previously asked his relative to shoot him in the back of the head.

Daily Record

Three bodies, 1,700 acres and a whole lot of hogs: Inside Alex Murdaugh’s $4m Moselle estate

The Moselle estate had a mysterious past even before Maggie and Paul’s murders with ties to a suspected drug smuggler and a housekeeper’s fatal fall, reports Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK

Double killer Alex Murdaugh told cousin 'I want you to shoot me in the back of the head'

Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who was addicted to painkillers, wanted to die so his son Richard could cash in his £8million life insurance policy

Daily Mirror

‘He was gaslighting everybody’: Mandy Matney on exposing Alex Murdaugh

The podcast co-host calls the verdict ‘a huge wake-up call to people who have been abusing the system’

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The Independent UK

After Murdaugh trial 'circus,' Walterboro welcomes normality

Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial brought a business boost and frenzy of attention to a small South Carolina town

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Alex Murdaugh’s new mugshot released after double life sentencing for murder of wife and son

Murdaugh will spend 45 days at Kirkland Correctional Facility while South Carolina Department of Corrections determines where he will serve time

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys say son Buster’s pleas wouldn’t have made difference in double life sentencing

‘Judge Newman, he is a very stringent punisher when it comes to crimes and sentences. That was never in dispute,’ attorney Jim Griffin said

Chicago Sun-Times

Alex Murdaugh trial stands out amid all the crime, animosity and death of recent years

Sneed: Twist and turns of South Carolina case are reminiscent of our on Spilotro case from the ‘70s.

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Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for double murder; attorneys say they’ll appeal conviction

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorneys will quickly file an appeal of their client’s double-murder conviction, they said in a press conference Friday.

The Independent UK

Murdaugh's fast conviction sealed by his testimony: experts

Prosecutors produced no direct evidence linking South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh to the killings of his wife and son, yet a jury took less than three hours to convict him

Zenger

Alex Murdaugh Sentenced To Life In Prison For The Murder Of His Wife And Son

The former attorney was given two consecutive life sentences out of the four counts after murdering his wife and son.

The Independent UK

Murdaugh judge's own legal story unfolded in South Carolina

The judge who sentenced Alex Murdaugh on Friday to life in prison for killing his wife and son has earned attention and plaudits for his even-handed demeanor throughout the trial and for his dressing-down of the once-prominent lawyer just before he sent him to prison

The New Daily

‘Monster you become’: Alex Murdaugh sentenced for killing wife and son

Once-powerful lawyer Alex Murdaugh will spend "the rest of his natural life" in prison after he was swiftly sentenced for killing his wife and son in a

ABC News

Alex Murdaugh's high-profile murder trial featured a tangled web of lies, risky testimony and a bomb threat

The Murdaughs held a tight grip on a South Carolina county for more than 100 years until a double homicide and a twisted web of crimes brought the family patriarch undone.

France 24

Disgraced US lawyer Murdaugh sentenced to life for murder of wife, son

In the culmination of the once-prominent lawyer’s fall from grace, Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday after being convicted of murdering his wife and son.

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