How much prison time Judge Richard Gergel would give Former Hampton county banker Russell Laffitte for sizable white collar crimes committed in tandem with double-murderer Alex Murdaugh was a major question at Tuesday’s hearing.
A timeline of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Mudaugh's fall from grace, starting in 2015, when his son's classmate, Stephen Smith, was found dead in Hampton County.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Lawyers for prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh plan to ask a judge on Tuesday to grant bond for their client, who has spent five nights in jail following his second arrest in about a month.