Alex Murdaugh trial live stream today: Murdaugh gets life in prison. Re-watch sentencing.

Alex Murdaugh was found guilty in the murders of his wife and son. Now Judge Clifton Newman will hand down the sentencing in the double murder trial Friday, March 3, at 9:30 a.m.

Murdaugh, 54, faces 30 years to life in prison in his conviction on the murder counts in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.

Investigators said his 22-year-old son, Paul, was shot twice with a shotgun and his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, was shot four or five times with a rifle outside dog kennels on their Colleton County property on June 7, 2021.

Murdaugh faced the first of many charges against him starting Jan. 23 in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. These two deaths were the catalyst to the ruins of the Murdaugh dynasty and the unfolding of a much larger story.

The State is asking for life without parole.

What was Alex Murdaugh's sentence?

Before Newman delivered his sentencing in the Murdaugh trial. Alex Murdaugh spoke.

"I would never hurt my wife, Maggie, or Paul Paul," he uttered before sitting back down.

Newman spoke of his time listening to testimony in this trial and how it was "heartbreaking" seeing a once prominent lawyer who was grieving his family, to being indicted and now the conviction.

Murdaugh was given another chance to speak before Newman sentenced him. An he reiterated his earlier statement.

“I would never under any circumstance hurt my wife, Maggie, never under any circumstances would I hurt my son, Paul Paul,” Murdaugh said.

“It might not have been you. It might have been the monster you have become,” Newman stated.

Murdaugh was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in the murders of Paul and Maggie.

What happened in the Alex Murdaugh trial?

More than 75 witnesses, including Murdaugh himself, were called and about 800 photographs, reports and exhibits were presented as evidence. Jurors visited the crime scene Wednesday before the prosecution and defense gave closing arguments over parts of two days.

When closing arguments wrapped up Thursday, the judge turned Murdaugh’s fate over to jurors, who took less than three hours to come back with their verdict.

What charges does Alex Murdaugh still face?

As the news of the mother and son's deaths began to be known on June 8, 2021, no one knew it would lead to multiple indictments of Alex Murdaugh and more than 100 charges and a tale that had media and true crime buffs wondering, what's next? And even with the verdict that question remains.

Murdaugh still has 100 other charges ranging from tax evasion to drug possession, still to come even though the double homicide charges have been dealt with.

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