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malaise

(297,960 posts)
Wed May 13, 2026, 12:11 PM Wednesday

Oops-South Carolina Supreme Court tosses Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions

https://www.ms.now/news/alex-murdaugh-murder-convictions-overturned

But Murdaugh won’t be getting out of prison. The 57-year-old pleaded guilty to stealing around $12 million from his clients and currently is serving a 40-year federal sentence.

Still, the state Supreme Court ruling is a win for Murdaugh, who admits to being a thief, liar, insurance cheat and bad lawyer, but has adamantly denied killing his wife Maggie and younger son Paul since he found their bodies outside their home in 2021.

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Oops-South Carolina Supreme Court tosses Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions (Original Post) malaise Wednesday OP
He will be tried again Jilly_in_VA Wednesday #1

Jilly_in_VA

(14,624 posts)
1. He will be tried again
Wed May 13, 2026, 01:15 PM
Wednesday

and found guilty again, no two ways about that. Very expensively, too.

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