Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh facing 30 years in jail for killing wife and son

Alex Murdaugh is led to the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff’s deputies for sentencing in Walterboro, South Carolina (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Lawyer Alex Murdaugh will be back in a courtroom on Friday, this time facing the judge as a convicted murderer looking at 30 years to life in prison for killing his wife and son.

Prosecutors indicated in earlier court filings that they will ask for a life sentence to finally hold Murdaugh responsible for what they say are decades of lying, stealing and using his family’s considerable clout in their tiny county to his advantage.