alex murdaugh the disgraced former south carolina attorney will be sentenced after a jury found him guilty of killing his wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul. the jury deliberating less than three hours thursday afternoon, this follows more than a month of testimony. the convicted murdaugh on two counts of murder, two counts of possessing a weapon while committing a crime. one of those jurors speaking out on abc this morning. about 45 minutes later we after all our deliberating, we figured it out. that s really fast. the evidence was clear. the state says it is not seeking the death penalty, instead prosecutors are pushing for life in prison without the possibility of parole. the judge denied a defense motion to declare a mistrial saying there was overwhelming evidence to convict murdaugh. the main prosecutor also spoke after the verdict was read. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family is, it doesn t matter how much money you have or people thi
it doesn t matter who your family is, it doesn t matter how much money you have or people think you have, it doesn t matter what you think, how prominent you are, if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina. we begin this hour with cnn national correspondent dianne gallagher, she is outside the courthouse in walterboro, south carolina. we have sentencing today coming up in hour. tell us how these events will proceed from here, including victim statements. reporter: that s right, jim. so we anticipate around 9:30 a.m., so about half an hour from now, judge clifton newman will return. i can tell you the attorney general is already here waiting and sort of talking to people about what happened yesterday. once we get into court alex murdaugh who is in custody at this point, we do not anticipate him to be in a suit, necessary custody, he will probably be in a jumpsuit, potentially even