Alex Murdaugh will spend the remainder of his life behind bars for the murders of his spouse and son … and the decide appeared to say the loss of life penalty may need been extra applicable.

The life sentence was handed down Friday in a South Carolina courthouse … the sentencing comes a day after the jury convicted him of two counts of homicide and two counts of possession of a weapon through the fee of a violent crime — a verdict reached by the jury after lower than three hours of deliberations.

Earlier than the decide handed down the sentence, Murdaugh maintained he didn’t commit the murders. The decide mentioned it was heartbreaking for him to see Murdaugh going from a grieving husband and father to a killer. The decide famous prosecutors might have sought the loss of life penalty, and appeared to say the loss of life penalty might have been the suitable punishment.

After Murdaugh mentioned he did not commit the crime, the decide mentioned he agreed it may need been an alter ego … the monster inside.

Murdaugh’s authorized staff instructed TMZ … “We’re dissatisfied within the jury’s verdict however we won’t have any additional remark till after sentencing.”

Murdaugh’s 22-year-old son Paul and his spouse Maggie had been discovered useless again in 2021 at their looking property in Islandton, South Carolina. Murdaugh was initially described by authorities as solely a “individual of curiosity,” largely as a result of he claimed to have an hermetic alibi.

In the course of the trial, nevertheless, prosecutors launched video and audio proof exhibiting that Alex’s alibi proof was not credible, and positioned him on the scene of the crime at concerning the time of the killings

Murdaugh later admitted on the stand that he had lied to authorities about not being on the property, however nonetheless insisted he had not killed his spouse and son.