Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son. The jury of seven women and six men deliberated for less than three hours before announcing the guilty verdict, sending the once-prominent lawyer to face 30 years to life in prison without parole for each murder charge.

Witnesses during the six-week trial descibed the heartbreaking unraveling of a powerful Southern family and provided nearly 800 pieces of evidence, revealed decades of betrayal and financial misconduct by Murdaugh amounting to millions of dollars. Further, key recordings and testimony revealed moments leading up to the grisly scene of the murders.

Prosecutors argued that an insurance fraud scheme, his son's fatal boat crash, and the death of the Murdaughs' housekeeper pointed to Alex as the guilty party. The most crucial evidence appeared to be a cellphone video recorded by Murdaugh's