"Alex Murdaugh Receives 40-Year Sentence for Financial Crimes"

Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm, in addition to serving a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son. The 55-year-old will also have to pay nearly $9 million in restitution and is accused of not telling the whole truth about the $6 million he stole. Murdaugh blamed his crimes on a nearly two-decade addiction to opioids, but the judge scoffed at this explanation, stating that no truly impaired person could pull off such complex financial transactions.