COLUMBIA, S.C. (Court TV) — Prosecutors are fighting back against Alex Murdaugh’s push for a new trial, arguing point-by-point in a 182-page filing why his murder conviction should stand.

Alex Murdaugh, convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in June 2021, sits during a hearing on a motion for a retrial, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife , Maggie Murdaugh, and his youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, by shooting them on the family’s Moselle property. He was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole.

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