Earlier today, Alex Murdaugh – the American lawyer who is serving two life sentences after being convicted of murdering his wife and 22-year-old son – through his attorneys has filed a notice to appeal his convictions for the murder of his wife and son along with his life sentence.
‘Today Jim Griffin and I filed our notice of appeal for Alex Murdaugh,’ Dick Harpootlian, one of Murdaugh’s attorneys, tweeted.
‘This is the next step in the legal process to fight for Alex’s constitutional right to a fair trial.’
Meanwhile, Murdaugh is reportedly separated from other prison inmates for his own safety due to the high-profile nature of the disgraced attorney’s trial.
He is now being held in the most secure area of a South Carolina prison following reports of other inmates wanting to take him down due to his notoriety.
After it was uncovered that his infamy could put him at risk, South Carolina‘s Department of Corrections has placed Murdaugh in a single cell at the Kirkland Correctional Institution, Columbia, where he is being held. The Independent reported.
Murdaugh’s single cell is made of concrete with a steel bed, toilet and sink. It’s a stark contrast to the privileged lifestyle the disgraced powerhouse attorney once led.
He is now under constant surveillance and he’s not allowed to even eat with other inmates. His meals are brought directly to his cell, where he eats alone.
Murdaugh will only be at Kirkland for 45 days as there’s an evaluation period before he’s assigned to a specific custody level, and new prison.
At that point, he will get his meals in the cafeteria with his fellow inmates, unless a specific threat is made against him.
The only time he comes into contact with other inmates at the high-security state prison is when he briefly leaves his cell and, even then, he is escorted by a guard.
South Carolina’s Department of Corrections released his new mugshot on Wednesday, capturing the 54-year-old smiling softly as he begins a lifetime behind bars for the murder of his wife Maggie and son Paul.
At the moment, he can buy a TV for his cell and pay for phone calls to family and friends.
He has also not been attacked or even threatened, but Kirkland officials aren’t taking any chances of him getting harmed on their watch.
