Alex Murdaugh sobs in front of surviving son during opening statements

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Deciding against the death penalty, state prosecutors are seeking a sentence of life in prison without parole.
37% : They include stealing millions of dollars from clients, diverting a wrongful death settlement from the family of his longtime maid to himself, running a drug and money laundering ring, evading taxes and committing fraud from what police said was an attempt to have someone kill him so his surviving son could collect a $10 million life insurance policy.
37% : September 15, 2021: Police open criminal investigation into Satterfield's 2018 death
35% : Curtis Edward Smith, 61, was arrested on charges of assisted suicide, assault and battery, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.

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