Alex Murdaugh Challenges 40-Year Fraud Sentence

Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is challenging his 40-year prison sentence for financial fraud, seeking a resentencing that he hopes will reduce his time behind bars. Murdaugh, who was convicted of orchestrating a series of complex financial schemes, claims that his original sentence is excessively harsh and seeks a reevaluation by the court.

Alex Murdaugh wants to be resentenced after getting 40 years for financial fraud. Lisa Taylor reports.

Murdaugh’s legal team filed a formal motion this week, arguing that the sentence handed down by the judge did not appropriately consider various mitigating factors, including. . .