Michael M. DeWitt, Jr.
Surprised accused former attorney Alex Murdaugh waived his Fifth Amendment rights and took the stand in his own defense, setting himself up to attack by state prosecutors? Perhaps these latest developments are not so surprising considering that the elder namesakes of the Murdaugh legal dynasty often went for colorful, dramatic, and theatrical courtroom scenes.
Richard “Alex” Murdaugh is currently standing trial in Walterboro, S.C., for the June 7, 2021, killings of his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, as well as a slew of other, mostly financial, charges, in a Southern crime saga that has become a modern true crime craze.