Alex Murdaugh appeals his conviction for murders of his wife and son 

Disgraced South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh has filed a motion to appeal his conviction for the murders of his wife and son.

The 54-year-old was sentenced last week to two consecutive life sentences after he was found guilty of shooting dead his wife Maggie, 52, and younger son Paul, 22, at the family’s hunting estate in Moselle on the night of June 7, 2021.

His motion to appeal his conviction and sentencing comes as a new mugshot was released showing Murdaugh with his head shaved smiling in yellow prison overalls.

He is being held in his own cell at the Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center, where he will undergo 45 days of testing, which the South Carolina Department of Corrections carries out on every prisoner to assess where to hold them permanently. 

As he is a convicted double murderer, Murdaugh is being housed with the state’s most brutal and violent inmates.

A new mugshot released Thursday shows Alex Murdaugh with his head shaved smiling in yellow prison overalls

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Alex Murdaugh, 54, was sentenced last week to two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his wife, Maggie, 52, and son, Paul, 22