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Disgraced former South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh scored a big legal win last week after the South Carolina Supreme Court agreed to hear his appeal for a new murder trial. But while he awaits the hearing, which bypassed a lengthy appellate process and could overturn his double life sentence, Murdaugh is playing chess “all the time” and working as a wardkeeper’s assistant in a state prison protective unit, his lawyer and state records say.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections’ report on Murdaugh shows that he has not faced any disciplinary sanctions since last August, when he was unable to use the phone for 30 days after abusing his privileges. That same month, he also lost his canteen privileges after “unauthorized use” of another inmate’s PIN. The prison report also shows that Murdaugh started a new job as a wardkeeper’s assistant on Aug. 14, a position he held twice before.
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