FOG BLOG U.S. JUSTICE LOG: JUDGE SENTENCES ALEX MURDAUGH TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE!

In a remarkable courtroom moment, the judge in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial spoke in stark terms before sentencing the disgraced lawyer to life in prison Friday for the murders of his wife and son. Judge Clifton Newman was personal and cutting in his lengthy remarks, saying Murdaugh’s slain wife and son must “come and visit” him whenever he tries to sleep.

The judge also described how “heartbreaking” it was to see Murdaugh, the once respected lawyer who he met many times in court and socially, go from being depicted as a grieving father and husband to being convicted of murder.