 Convicted murderer and fraudster Alec Murdoch challenging the 40-year sentence for his financial fraud. Calling it cruel and unusual punishment, Alec Murdoch's attorneys argue that his 40-year sentence is disproportionate and effectively a life sentence without parole. Murdoch seeks to vacate the sentence and have a new sentencing hearing with a different judge. His current sentence is 10 years longer than what prosecutors had requested, as Murdoch was compared to Bernie Madoff, one of the nation's worst embezzlers.