Alex Murdaugh Receives Additional 27-Year Sentence for Financial Crimes

Already serving a life term for murder, the disgraced attorney's new sentence ensures his imprisonment even if his murder conviction is overturned.

Alex Murdaugh, a former South Carolina attorney, has been sentenced to an additional 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million from his clients.
Murdaugh is already serving a life term without parole after being found guilty of killing his wife and younger son in June 2021.
Murdaugh's sentence for financial crimes is seen as an insurance policy to prevent his release if his murder conviction is overturned.
Murdaugh had to give up his rights to appeal as part of the deal.
Murdaugh still faces sentencing on federal financial crime charges, and other local charges after asking a friend to kill him in September 2021 so his surviving son could get $10 million in life insurance.