Alex Murdaugh gets 27-year prison term for financial offenses
OAN’s Elizabeth Volberding
3:15 PM – Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh receives 27-year prison sentence for a series of financial crimes, including embezzlement, forgery, and tax evasion.
Alex Murdaugh, a previously convicted double murderer, pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering charges at Beaufort County Courthouse in South Carolina.
Today, Murdaugh receives the harshest sentence ever issued by the state for white collar offenses, with a 27-year prison term, as reported by The State.
Murdaugh is charged with a total of 101 crimes, having stolen millions of dollars from friends, family, and legal clients.
Judge Clifton Newman approves Murdaugh’s guilty plea and the plea agreement during today’s hearing.
During the hearing, Judge Newman delivers cutting remarks, referring to the sentence as “stern.”
“It’s so disappointing to see you again in this setting,” Newman says, also expressing that he takes “no joy at all in imposing this sentence.”
Newman also describes Murdaugh as “empty,” but expresses hope that “something would emerge within his soul.”
“Many of us do things that we shouldn’t do,” Newman states. “It’s just unimaginable — unimaginable to me that you have done some of the things that you’ve done. Whether it’s you or someone you become upon using drugs or through the process of just committing the crimes over and over over a period of years, I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t even know who I’m speaking to now.”
Earlier this month, 55-year-old Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 22 counts, including fraud and money laundering, after being accused of stealing millions of dollars from his law firm and clients.
State Prosecutor Creighton Waters describes the plea deal as a “unique and unprecedented sentence” for financial crimes, with no comparable example found throughout the country, whether state or federal.
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