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Apr 2024
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S3E4: Murdaugh gets 40 years in federal ...

Anne Emerson, Charlie Condon, Drew Tripp, Daniel Michener, Maxwell Harrison
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Former attorney Alex Murdaugh received a 40-year prison sentence in federal court for his financial crimes.

United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel handed down the sentence on April 1 at the United States District Courthouse in Charleston.

In this latest episode, Anne Emerson, Drew Tripp, and Charlie Condon discuss new information learned from the federal sentencing, which includes $6 million in missing money, 11 new unknown victims, and an alleged unnamed codefendant to Murdaugh's crimes.

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