WALTERBORO, Sc. (WTOC) – Jury choice for the extremely anticipated Alex Murdaugh trial is ready to begin Jan 23.

Murdaugh, now a disbarred legal professional, is charged with the 2021 murders of his spouse, Maggie, and his son, Paul.

The 2 died after being shot, each by a unique weapon.

Murdaugh is the one which made the preliminary 911 name reporting the deaths.

Prosecutors have mentioned they imagine that Murdaugh killed his personal spouse and son to attract consideration away from varied monetary crimes he dedicated although they’ve mentioned they don’t intend to hunt the loss of life penalty simply life with out the potential for parole.

This trial is just for the double-murder cost and is anticipated to last as long as 3 weeks.

And the monetary crimes Murdaugh is accused of is being handled as a separate matter.

He additionally allegedly took half in a botched murder-for-hire plot towards himself after the loss of life of his spouse and son..

The son he’s accused of killing, Paul, additionally thought to have performed a significant function in a ship crash that took the lifetime of 19-year-old Mallory Seaside there’s a separate wrongful loss of life lawsuit underway for that.

Murdaugh’s authorized group assertion is listed under:

“We’re totally ready to problem the State’s allegations, and to show the weaknesses within the State’s case earlier than a Colleton County jury. Alex seems to be ahead to this chance to clear his title of those heinous fees in order that the Legal professional Common can lastly start in search of the precise killer or killers of Alex’s beloved spouse and son.”

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