{"id":27477,"date":"2024-04-02T03:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T07:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27477"},"modified":"2024-04-02T03:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T07:30:59","slug":"disgraced-ex-lawyer-alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-another-40-years-for-financial-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/04\/02\/disgraced-ex-lawyer-alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-another-40-years-for-financial-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh sentenced to another 40 years for financial crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for federal financial crimes.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Murdaugh, 55, is already serving two life sentences for the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is also serving 27 years for nearly two dozen state financial charges relating to fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Murdaugh admitted to stealing millions from client settlements, saying the money was used to fund a drug habit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This latest sentence will be served at the same time as his state prison term, also for financial crimes. Murdaugh must also pay more than $8m (\u00a36.3m) in restitution to his victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Federal prosecutors had recommended a sentence between 17 and a half and nearly 22 years for Murdaugh, scion of a South Carolina legal dynasty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But US District Judge Richard Gergel issued a harsher sentence, saying in federal court on Monday that Murdaugh stole from “the most needy, vulnerable people”, including a client who became a quadriplegic after a crash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“They placed all their problems and all their hopes on Mr Murdaugh and it is from those people he abused and stole. It is a difficult set of actions to understand,” Judge Gergel said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Murdaugh on Monday told the court he was filled with “sorrow and guilt” for his crimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There’s not enough time and I don’t possess a sufficient vocabulary to adequately portray to you in words the magnitude of how I feel about the things I did,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The stakes for Monday’s hearing – what might have been a routine proceeding – had risen in recent days after a dispute over a polygraph.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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