Ex-court clerk in Alex Murdaugh double murder trial pleads guilty to charges stemming from case

(NEW YORK) -- A former South Carolina court clerk who served during the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal charges stemming from the case -- including for releasing sealed court exhibits to the press and then lying about it, and over the promotion of her book about the high-profile trial.

A judge imposed two sentences of life in prison, to be served consecutively for the murders.