BEAUFORT, S.C. Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh on Friday afternoon pled guilty to a series of financial crimes he committed over more than 10 years in numerous South Carolina Lowcountry counties. The plea was a “negotiated plea,” means that the prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed Friday on not only the set of charges to which Murdaugh would plead guilty, but also the length of prison time he would serve — 27 years with possibility of parole after serving 85 percent of the sentence. Prosecutor Creighton Waters said the plea deal — involving more than a dozen of the approximately 100 financial...
