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Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, already facing life in prison for the murders of his wife and son, has received another hefty sentence. A federal judge in Charleston sentenced Murdaugh to 40 years in prison today for a multitude of federal financial crimes.
Murdaugh, a disbarred former legal powerhouse in South Carolina, pleaded guilty last year to 14 counts of money laundering, five counts of wire fraud, a bank fraud charge, and other offenses. Prosecutors detailed a decade-long scheme where Murdaugh stole millions of dollars from unsuspecting clients and. . .
