WALTERBORO, SC (AP) — The disbarred South Carolina legal professional Alex Murdaugh pleaded not responsible on Wednesday to murdering his spouse and son.
His protection attorneys and prosecutors agreed to maintain the proof secret amid media consideration. His protection requested the decide to disclaim him bond, saying he can’t afford to submit it anyway and needs a speedy trial as a result of he feels the killer or killers are nonetheless at unfastened.
The prosecution denied that, telling the decide that every one the proof factors to his guilt within the shootings of his spouse and son.
Circuit Choose Clifton Newman had beforehand denied Murdaugh bond after he was charged with stealing cash from purchasers. A unique decide later set bond at $7 million however Murdaugh was unable to pay and has remained in jail since October.
His attorneys have complained a number of instances that the bond was set too excessive, and mentioned that due to lawsuits and frozen property Murdaugh couldn’t even afford to purchase underwear from the jail retailer.
Murdaugh, 54, was indicted on two counts of homicide within the shootings of his spouse Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on the household’s Colleton County searching property in June 2021. He additionally faces greater than 80 different expenses, together with stealing cash from purchasers; working a cash laundering and drug ring; and attempting to rearrange his personal demise in order that his surviving son might obtain a $10 million life insurance coverage payout.
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