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_Published 2024-04-01. Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm. The 55-year-old disbarred attorney is already serving a life sentence without parole in a state prison for killing his wife and son._


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## Transcript

Descendants today was about obtaining Justice for the financial victims of Alice Murdoch. These are not just names listed in a court filing they are real people who trusted an attorney at the most difficult times of their lives when they had lost loved ones when they were severely injured. And they were betrayed in those vulnerable moments Alex Murdock deserve every single day of the sentence that he's there today that he obtained today. And while we cannot undo any of his crimes we do hope that you can bring some measure of closure for his victims. As far as Alex Murdock was concerned. This is the end of the trial court proceedings and a million dollars worth in terms of restitution today.

He got 17 years above the 23 that he has to serve day today. And I think what you saw is if this was very personal to judge girdle it with these victims with the Madoff victims with the Enron Victor for the cryptocurrency a sandbag than fries Victim Because those are people that wanted to invest money and make money. These victims were not investing money. They lost their loved ones. They lost their son. They lost their mother, but there's a staggering humans hole attached to every single Cent. Is blood money people bled people died people have funerals to get compensated and Alec took it and you preyed on them and we're just extremely proud of the justice system.

Today. We're proud of George Gervin decision or we're proud of the effort that the US attorney's office under the leadership of a dare borough of the work that Emily and Winston did Clarissa the victims advocate was super supportive.

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