Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murdering his wife and son

Alex Murdaugh's legal team says it will not be commenting prior to the sentencing hearing, which will take place Friday at 9:30 a.m. ET. 

Following the sentencing hearing tomorrow, defense attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin will be addressing the media, according to the legal team. 

"This will occur in front of the Colleton County Courthouse," the email read. 

A jury Thursday found Murdaugh guilty of the murder of his wife and son. Jurors deliberated for less than three hours.

The disgraced South Carolina attorney was convicted on all four counts that he was facing — two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon in the commission of a violent crime.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson talks to the media outside the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, March 2, in Walterboro, South Carolina. (Chris Carlson/AP)

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said a person's position and power are not above the law, and Alex Murdaugh's guilty verdict Thursday proved just that.

Buster Murdaugh reacts as the verdict is read. (Pool)

As the verdict was read in the Colleton County courtroom for former attorney Alex Murdaugh, his only remaining son, Buster Murdaugh, could be seen wiping tears away from his eyes.

It appeared Alex Murdaugh mouthed the words "I love you," to his son as he was placed in handcuffs. 

Members of the jury kept their heads down and did not look in the direction of Alex Murdaugh.

After a six-week trial, Alex Murdaugh has been found guilty of murdering his wife and son. Prosecutors have indicated they will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders, sparing him the death penalty.

Sentencing has been arranged by Judge Clifton Newman for Friday at 9:30 am.

Take a look at scenes from today's guilty verdict below:

Alex Murdaugh, center, is handcuffed in the courtroom after a guilty verdict of his double murder trial was read aloud at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, on Thursday. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier/AP)

Buster Murdaugh, the son of Alex Murdaugh, listens as his father's verdict is read. (Joshua Boucher/The State/AP)

Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian, right, and defense attorney Jim Griffin speak after their client, Alex Murdaugh, was found guilty following his trial. (Joshua Boucher/The State/AP)

Alex Murdaugh stands in the courtroom at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina. (Joshua Boucher/The State/AP)

Alex Murdaugh is led outside the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriffs deputies after being convicted. (Chris Carlson/AP)

Eric Bland, family attorney of the Murdaugh family's former housekeeper Gloria Satterfield, said Alex Murdaugh's "life of lies and deceit ended today" after a jury found Murdaugh guilty of the murder of his wife and son.

Satterfield, who spent more than two decades with the Murdaugh family, died in 2018 in what was described as a “trip and fall accident," according to Bland.

After Satterfield’s death, a $500,000 wrongful death claim was filed against Alex Murdaugh on behalf of Satterfield’s estate, Bland said. In 2021, Murdaugh agreed to a $4.3 million settlement with Satterfield's family, according to Bland.

Prosecutor Creighton Waters speaks during a news conference after the conviction of Alex Murdaugh on Thursday, March 2, 2023. CNN

Prosecutor Creighton Waters thanked his team during a post-verdict news conference Thursday and responded to Alex Murdaugh's conviction by thanking the jurors.

Murdaugh was found guilty in the murder of his wife and son. In response to the verdict, Waters said "justice was done today."

From left, prosecutor Creighton Waters, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and defense attorney Dick Harpootlian speak to the judge during Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, in Walterboro, South Carolina. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier/AP)

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said he hopes the murder conviction of Alex Murdaugh proves that no one is above the law.

Wilson thanked his team and said the "justice system worked tonight" by giving a voice to Paul and Maggie Murdaugh who were killed in June 2021.

Wilson said their voices came through in the evidence and testimony presented during the trial.

Justin Bamberg, a lawyer representing the alleged financial crime victims of Alex Murdaugh, said his clients have told him that Murdaugh's guilty verdict is "bittersweet" for them.

He said that "complete accountability" began with today's jury verdict, and his clients "are happy about that."