you think it would take some time. apparently you did a little over three hours but again i think they viewed the jury be and they unanimously that there was a narrative that was overwhelming and as a result they rendered the conclusion that we are about to hear. >> what does your instinct tell you, good news for the prosecution or the defense. >> my instinct tells me that justice will be served and we support and respect the jury system and no matter what we do people looking at evaluating it they are in the room and the make the best decision that they can. >> we will have continuing coverage of the breaking news aaron burnett outfront which starts right now. >> good evening i'm aaron burnett outfront we have breaking news, the jury in the alex murdaugh murder trial has reached a verdict. whether the disgraced attorney is guilty of killing his wife and son. jurors deliberating for only about three hours after hearing for more than 70 witnesses over

six weeks. we are standing by for the court to resume in the verdict to be read. dianne gallagher as you know has been covering this from the very beginning she's outfront live in water bro south carolina outside of the courthouse. diane i understand the verdict came in a few weeks ago, a few hours of deliberations what else you understand is happening right here. >> as you can imagine this is a fluid situation, we have seen movement of the cameras inside of the courtroom signaling there is something going on but were focused on the seal every time we are in break. according to the pool at 6:41 p.m. the jury let the clerk of court no that they reached a verdict. we do not know what the verdict is, alex murdaugh facing four felony charges in a series of the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul, as you mentioned three hours of

deliberation after lengthy closing arguments in the prosecution, the defense in a rebuttal from the prosecution this afternoon before the judge charged the jury and sent them back. we did know that they were going to deliberate creed we were told until at least 10:00 p.m. tonight that they were not ordering dinner at this point, they did have snacks and coffee and according to randy k a colleague inside the courtroom as soon as we saw the flurry of activity she rushed in there. they did request some materials including monitors to watch some of the videos. but shortly after we were told that that's when the jury verdict notification came in i tell you a few moments ago right before we came on your show the defense attorney jim griffin, maggie fox, they'll walk behind me and actually we are hearing order called in the court at this moment. we are going to be seen, judge newman walking up to his dais

there to address the court. the jury notifying the clerk 20 minutes ago that they had a verdict. >> diana as you are speaking, this is the judge, judge newman as you said. >> understand there is a verdict you may bring in the jury.

>> you looking at life pictures, that is alex murdaugh waiting for the verdict, the jury has a verdict in this case. this is life what you're watching judge newman is presiding and asked the jury to come in which is happening elsewhere in this room and you looking alex murdaugh awaiting news of his fate, four felony counts, to further murder of his wife maggie and son paul. convicted the minimum sentence would be 30 years to life. the indicated they will not go for the death penalty. >> thank you if you will stand for me. have you reached a verdict? >> yes, sir we have. >> is it unanimous. >> yes it is. >> if you will pass it up. to the clerk who will pass it to me. and you may be seated.

>> the defendant will rise. madame clerk you may publish the verdict starting with the back not -- company tell you again. starting with the back, one by one.

>> docket number 2022 gs 150-0592, the state of south carolina county of carlton, and the general sessions in the term of 2022 july the state versus richard alexander murdoch, the defendant indictment for murder sc code 16 -- three -- 0010 cdr code 0116. guilty verdict. signed by the four lady three to

23. docket number 2022 -- gs -- 15 -- 00593, the state of south carolina county of colleton in the court of general sessions the july term of 2022 the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant indictment for murder sc codes 16 -- 30010, cdr code 0116, verdict guilty signed by the four lady date 32 of 23. docket number 2022 -- gs 15 -- 00595, the state of south carolina county of colleton court of general session july term 2022, the state versus richard alexander murdaugh, the defendant indictment for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. sc code 16 -- 23 -- 0 code 90.

cdr code 0549 verdict guilty signed by the foreperson of the dirty date three -- two -- 23. >> docket number 2022 gs -- 15 -- 00594. the state of south carolina county of colleton, court of general sessions july term 2022 the state versus richard alexander murdaugh, defendant indictment for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime sc code 16 -- 29 verdict guilty. signed by the foreperson of the jury 3/2/23.

>> thank you. madame four lady members of the jury, that is a verdict of each and every juror, please let it now be raising your right hand. thank you. any individual pulling requested? >> madame clerk you will need to individually pull the jury according to the juror numbers. >> number 193, was a sure verdict? >> yes. >> is it still your verdict? >> yes. >> juror 254, is this your verdict. >> yes. >> is it so your verdict? >> yes. >> juror 326. >> was this your verdict? is this still your verdict? >> yes. >> juror 520, was this your

verdict? >> yes. >> is this your verdict? sick a yes spector 544 ass was this your verdict? stomach yes. >> is as though your verdict. >> yes. >> 2572. >> was this your verdict? stomach is it still your verdict? >> yes spector 578, was this your verdict? >> yes. >> is it still your verdict? pima gas connector 589. >> was issued verdict? >> yes. >> is it still your verdict. >> yes. >> juror 630, was this your verdict? >> yes. >> is a still your verdict. >> yes. >> juror 729. >> was this your verdict? >> is it still your verdict? >> yes. >> juror 826. >> was this your verdict? >> is it still your verdict? >> yes. >> juror 864, was a sure verdict? is it still your verdict? >> yes. >> your honor the j jury has ben pulled. >> the jury has been pulled in the verdict is unanimous ver verdict. if you will bring the alternate

juror out have her have a seat in the audience please . >> you can stand there or sit back there, whatever you prefer. >> are there any posttrial motion. [inaudible] >> we would renew our previously argued motions for the verdict and the grounds those grounds we will make a motion for a mistrial and set aside the court. >> by the state response.

>> based on the previous arguments we would submit that the case properly went to the jury and the verdict was proper and we rely on those arguments. >> we have been there 20 days for the first few days of jury selection and the remainder receiving testimony. an overwhelming amount of testimony and evidence that was presented to the jury for the jury's consideration as i indicated to the jury doing the jury charge and the charge on the law and this was the matter solely for the jury to dete determine. the court found at the end of the states case there is sufficient evidence to find the defendant guilty of the evidence was believed by the jury, likewise the end of the defense's case when the motion was renewed the court found that

the evidence was sufficient for the jury to find the defendant guilty. the jury has considered the evidence for a significant period of time the evidence of guilt is overwhelming and i deny the motion. mr. murdaugh you now being found guilty of two counts of murder involving your wife and your s son. two counts of possession of a weapon in the commission of a violent crime. the burden now comes a upon the court to impose a sentence, given the lateness of the hour and the victims rights that may

be taken into consideration and complied with under victims bill of rights and consider what i anticipate to be a number of people who might have something to say regarding sentencing we will defer sentencing to a later date. of course the minimum sentence for murder is 30 years. the maximum sentence is life imprisonment. as to each count and on the weapons charge the sentences up to five years. five years which has to be concurrent if a life sentence is imposed.

when would you all like to reconvene for sentencing. i would like to give everyone an adequate opportunity to prepare for. >> the state will be ready at 930 in the morning your honor. >> we can do it at 930 tomorrow morning also. >> the defendant is remaining to the custody of the colleton county sheriff's department and he may be taken away .

>> members of the jury i want to thank you on behalf of the citizens of the state of south carolina in your fellow citizens of colleton county. you did not volunteer for the service. you are called upon by being summoned to appear in the providence that brought you to this moment and time in these weeks in time. i know all of you have been here at great sacrifice. particularly the juror whose job

on the line until a miracle happened i guess that allowed him to leave, to stay rather than leave after two or three weeks. but i want to thank each one of you will individually and collectively. it is not often that you are called upon to sit in judgment of the actions of your fellow man that you all responded. again due consideration to the evidence i will make no, now as to the extent of the overwhelming nature of the evidence but certainly the verdict that you reached is supported by the evidence.

circumstantial evidence, direct evidence, all the evidence pointed to only one conclusion and that's a conclusion that you all reached. i applaud you all as a group and as a unit and individually evaluating the evidence and coming to a proper conclusion as you saw the law and the facts. now that you served for the next year you're not eligible to serve again. of course many people never get called upon but you're not eligible for the next year into additional years you can be exempted from service because no person is required to serve on judy jury in this court more often than once every three years. tomorrow morning at 930 we will reconvene for sentencing.

you will have no role in that because that is up to the judge, me. you are welcome to come back if you want to and be a part of the audience if you would like. i also want to think the alternate juror who is locked away in a room by herself for these hours who's hung in there during that period of time. i want to thank you as well. madame clerk what do you have to tell your jurors? >> thank you for your service and what the judge said as well. i think we can release them tonight and bring them back in the morning. >> they are off jury duty. they can come back if they would like and you don't have to if you don't want to.

typically of seniors wanting to see the end result of a case. >> you saw alex murdaugh let out with handcuffs on guilty on all four counts guilty of birding his wife and son unanimously of the jury of seven men and five women as he walked out they did not look at him. it appeared from what we could see in the camera was on him as each of the counts was red, lacking a motion that we could see certainly. his other son that testified on his behalf showed more of that behind him in the courtroom, dianne gallagher joins me again from the court she has been there through all of this. diane they're going to reconvene tomorrow but he kept emphasizing judge newman, the overwhelming nature of the evidence. >> that was something emphasized in the closing arguments of the prosecution. acknowledging from the very

start this is a case based on circumstantial evidence but based on a lot of circumstantial evidence. they created an exceptionally detailed timeline using gps data, cell phone data, the last time a phone was open, when text messages were received and videos recorded in it was that video found on paul murdaugh's phone. marianne proctor the sister of mary murdaugh testified that they call paul murdaugh to belittle productive that was because he was finding pills that his father had been taking and confronted him about it. but it looks like the little detectives final case that he may have cracked here was in fact the video on his phone that put his father at the crime scene minutes before the state says paul in maggie were murdered and the jury said alex murdaugh is the one who did it. if not for the video the state may never have been able to charge him no one knew about the video until march of 2022 around

nine months after paul and maggie were killed i was struck by the lack of a motion by alex murdaugh he sort of nodded his head stared straight face. i wrote it down he was shaking straight face as he listened to that he did not look back at his family or buster his son that something we seen him do the entire trial he said moments where he's incredibly emotional, shaking, crying, making sound throughout this entire trial and there was nothing there from them as he was found guilty of killing maggie and paul. the judge talked about the amount of evidence that the amount of witnesses, you said this more than 70 witnesses, six weeks this was supposed to be a three-week trial and we had roughly three hours of deliberation after they sat through that for nearly six weeks listening to graphic testimony. sometimes extremely difficult to understand testimony about cell

phones in the way the cars were driving, to see this come tomorrow morning the state says they're not seeking the death penalty between 30 years to life in prison for the murder charges again for killing maggie and paul murdaugh. >> thank you very much diane we are going to be coming back to diane momentarily i want to bring in the state attorney of palm beach county florida. the former prosecutor and sarah criminal defense attorney. let me just start with you dave, as we watch this together his lack of emotion especially this was so crucial what diane pointed out there was moments in this trial where he was shaking and crying and making noises. it was absolutely motionless that we could see tonight. >> what you saw as a professional manipulator and use alright. his real self he's used to manipulating others to his words and emotions. it is not paul paul paul when he takes the stands and is not maggie but mags antichrist on

cue. what you saw was a real alex murdaugh held accountable for what he did great is long overdue. you saw more emotion from buster and others, his son. this is a guy that lied to his family from day one. it's ironic in the end that it was a victim paul murdaugh who solved his own murder. >> is incredible what diane was reporting and of course buster testified on his father's behalf. it very clear where the judge stands here mentioning multiple times the guilt, evidence of guilt is overwhelming the overwhelming nature of the evidence. he is very clear as her coming into 9:30 a.m. sentencing at the fully discretion of the judge. 30 years to life you have any question where this will land. >> i have no question that judge newman is going to send alex murdaugh to life. even though the license is not going to bring back paul or

maggie murdaugh is to hold them accountable for taking the life of two individuals, two human beings and so brutally the only just sentence in here is life. >> sarah, with a winter juror by juror is this your verdict, do you stand by it, not a pause of the seven men and five women, no pause, no nothing, every single one of them, yes, yes, yes. they were completely in agreement, i took them only three hours after 28 days of testimony. >> they convicted him with conviction. i think early on these jurors had made up their mind and to me the jury spoke i had my heart broken by jurors many times over the years the last two decades but i really did not expect this i did not expect a guilty verdict i did not expect such a quick verdict obviously usually quick means guilty. i definitely thought there would at least be a hung jury.

only because we had this big lie but also explanation for it, there was also a contact sport, while he was lying about being at the kennels he was also insisting on data was exculpatory to him he was asking the agents to get that. i really thought they would be somewhat of a struggle in this jury room and i think they can get past the lie. also frankly i question how much of this was jury of his own peers. this is a small town, everybody knew the murdaugh's pre-allotted jurors dismissed early on because of their acquaintance and knowledge of the family and his power and privilege and i'm not questioning any jury misconduct but i just don't think given the state of the evidence that this was the expected result event that is interesting, do you feel the same way david? it's interesting what sarah is

saying somebody saying this is exact result but she's obvious he say no you could've reached a different conclusion it surprises or that they came to this verdict so quickly, three hours spinning i agree with sarah i was surprised it was that quick this is a three-week trial for a three-hour verdict that was surprising but the evidence in my mind was overwhelming as the judge said twice. it is the video that alex never accounted for, used to separate guns he changed his closed and everything thought out he had a fake alibi. >> two separate guns the design to make it look like two shooters, this is a complex cover-up. i still thought it would likely be a hung jury but i did not think he would be acquitted because two jurors reportedly last thursday were crying with alec on the stand. but that was thursday. it was a different alex on the stand friday more combative and defensive and the prosecutors were more prepared to go after him on friday then they were thursday. >> it's interesting what david

is saying, when murdaugh took the stand himself in emotional and crying and finding his son's body and what dave is saying there were jurors who appear to be emotional along with him. the zach context surprised when you consider the quickness in which they reach this verdict? >> you have to think when alex murdaugh testified you saw two different alex murdaugh's. you saw one with the direct examination where he was able to give you the tears and able to give you this not in the crocodile tears and make it seem so genuine great however, once a cross-examination began it was a different story. more importantly just like dave said a different story on friday during the second day of cross-examination you saw different version of alex murdaugh. one thing that the prosecution emphasized this show that alex murdaugh put on for you he's trying to put on a show like that because he's a civil litigator he is a trial attorney and he's investigated and done criminal trials and aside from that at the same performance he

gave in order to take millions of dollars from people that he loved, trusted and worked with, this is the alex murdaugh show somebody different faces and he knew how to active play the part. >> go ahead. >> the eggs this morning the juror that got voted out and wanted her eggs before she left. i did not take that lightly. in my experience when jurors bond that way with the bringing food and have a friendship developed over a six week trial it is usually not in favor of the defense. when i heard about the eggs i thought i wonder if this is a quick verdict in a guilty verdict. but i still thought given the evidence that this would be h hung. >> and i ask you as a follow-up to that, as you are watching him here the verdict in the numbers of the case law being read out, what was your reaction to

watching him. other than the vague bobbing around he was doing, motionless. >> you mean as the verdict was read, just now? i disagree with dave i have had clients unfortunately convicted. everybody reactively no differently when 70 gets arrested we expect they would jump up and down as am not the right guy. everybody responds differently. he might've been stunned he might've been shocked. the motion to me that he displayed every time there was a mention of paul and every time he saw the gory pictures of his wife and son and broke down there was nothing crocodile about any of those. to me that was very genuine and authentic no matter how big of a manipulator he truly is. but then you can't compare apples and oranges how he responds to essentially his

demise. i think people will respond differently. >> dave i suppose one could see how he responded as crocodile tears or someone able to do one thing and have some sort of remorse, who knows. all these things could be true. >> i believe as a prosecutor that he loved paul and he loved maggie that is a prosecutor said tonight he loved alex more and that's what convicted him. he did all this to protect himself and for a while it worked because the hearing his finances were to be exposed was canceled he got sympathy immediately within a started to unravel in the key part was a video that alex never accounted for that's what he had to take the stand and lie further in the jury did not i. >> one that he had to talk about the video on his son's phone. >> here we are tonight obviously the state immediately said 930 tomorrow morning we are ready to go a pause not a long one and the defense said they would be ready at 930 for the sentencing

for judge newman. you are confident that this will be the maximum, right? >> absolutely. i've also seen judge newman sends another individual couple of months ago and in the sentencing i tell you what to expect expect judge newman to give a speech expect him to give you a motion expect judge newman to actually show you his disgust for how these two human beings were killed but let's not forget it is not over for alex murdaugh. while he be sentenced tomorrow it doesn't matter have any years he gets or if he gets life for each of the murders he still has 99 other charges to answer for. so the question will be on those cases whether the prosecution is going to move forward on those cases in the sense of what alex murdaugh plead guilty or were will he go to trial or if the da doesn't move forward since he serving life. >> i would go back to diane outside of the courthouse.

the defense team just walked past where you were and yet a chance to speak to them briefly, what did you say? >> that is right the defense attorney jim griffin who did the closing argument for alex murdaugh today actually walked by and i asked if he had a comment and he said they were very disappointed in the verdict and it would not be appropriate to say anything further until tomorrow after the sentencing phase, he then walked away very solemn both he, maggie fox the entire team walking together going past a large row of media. a lot of cameras set up a podium set up they just walked by this is not a team that has been shy about making comments to the media as they left but it was very somber tone he put his head down and said i'm disappointed and then kept walking on the sentencing phase tomorrow is something that the defense is looking ahead to deceive alex murdaugh will not be sentenced to life in prison. i can tell you after court concluded once people were leaving the room i saw the state

attorney general alan wilson give a major huge hug to creighton waters who's the lead prosecutor on this case against alex murdaugh. afterwards a large embrace they patted each other's back in left and walked out of the courtroom. we are hoping we will hear from the prosecution after the exit the courthouse sometime soon. >> thank you very much as diane is a chance to get a word with them get to go back to her. in the meantime i want to bring a bill nettles to the conversation the former u.s. attorney for the district of south carolina crete here we are we were able to watch this, cameron the courtroom we saw the trial in this moment now of a verdict. you know the jurisdiction and you know alex murdaugh, you know him and watched his trial. i don't know if you heard this conversation but you also thought this could've been a hung jury? >> i did not know what was going to happen obviously. i felt a hung jury was clearly

likely. i do agree with the other panelist, i did think we came back this quickly it was more likely than not want to be guilty, not guilty. it's a little bit of a surprise it's this quick. >> again it is interesting when sarah, dave and bernardo were talking about the discussion of a possible hung jury in a surprise to happen so quickly and unanimously sarah was honing in on while he admitted to lying about the video he had reasons and excuses and you felt those may have worked with the street? >> look the one thing you can clearly take away from this he had been lying to a lot of people that he loved for a long time. he had obviously gotten pretty good at it. the question was going to be, i really do believe a lot of this

came down, i think we're going to find when they talk to the jurors after it's over that a lot of them are going to say i just didn't believe them. i was a double-edged sword. if you went in there and they believed him that he would've likely been found not guilty. but once they decide he's willing to put himself out there they don't believe him that's kind of a tough fill to get o over. >> just the context because you know him we all know this is a small town this is a prominent family, he was a well-known lawyer. >> let me stop you right there, stop you right now. first of all we knew each other, i'm not sure if i have his number my phone but we knew each other we knew who each other were. they were not prominent anyway other than hampton in those two counties. other than that they are not a prominent family in south

carolina. just as the south carolinian i get ask you to quit calling them a prominent family. they were a family unit insular part of the world that made a lot of money. we were starting to figure how they made money but they were prominent. >> i say perrault cooley prominent. >> to that point let me ask you this is something that's been raised in the broader point, there were many people on the jury not selected because they knew the family and they had links to the family whatever that may have been. did you have any questions about the jury composition itself in that context. >> to your point yes and colleton hampton county they are prominent, to rule very insular parts of the world. i did have some concern, they said five people on the jury had never heard of the case. i did not know which way that was going to bring but that

causes concern, yeah. >> i do think one of the great things about this, this is not justice for maggie, this is not justice for the s son. none of these can bring anybody back, so anybody talk about justice for the victims, that is not how this works. the people, what this does it takes a foot off the throat of the justice in colleton and hampton county. now we can maybe see what happens when we have checks and balances stopping unbridled power. this is what happens whenever you have an insular part of the world, anywhere in the world not just the south and you have no checks and balances and unbridled power. finally the throw is going to be taken off of justice and not part of the world and i hope everybody that lives there has a better life going forward

because of it. >> effective the really significant thing to say profound thing to say let's go to dianne gallagher on the ground. >> i am here with justin bamberg a state lawmaker but also an attorney who represents about ten of alex murdaugh's alleged financial crime victims. you been here i've seen you almost every day inside of the courtroom watching the jurors. i wanted no three hours of deliberation you and i talked a lot about this. what is your initial reaction to a quick verdict in a guilty verdict. >> i'm not a lie i was a little surprised how fast the jury came back. i was hopeful and expecting a guilty verdict. but to get one that fast really kind of surprised me. but the moment i heard the verdict is in i knew they found him guilty they were buying what he was selling and i truly think that the jury recognized this man ri like everybody pretty lid

to clients, he lied to clients who died he died to family, friends, he lied to 911 that he was lying to them. >> we talked about about the financial crimes that were entered into this even though this was not a financial trial but it was part of the prosecution motive theory. what does this mean for your clients. have you talked to any of them after this verdict came in? >> my clients have been texting me and calling and it is bittersweet for them, they are celebrating her call in maggie's family the innocent family members who were suffering, they were happy to hear alec admit yes i lie and yes i stole but that's not enough. everything a person who's been victimized has wanted one thing complete accountability. complete accountability started today with the jury verdict and everybody is happy about that. >> would talk so much about the fact the power dynamic. this is a family that had legal power in this part of the state

in the low country for a century and a lot of people your clients have said this is nobody that got away with things, accountability. what do you think this means going forward for the financial cases. we have a guilty murder verdict and will find out about the sentencing tomorrow does this mean anything for your case going forward? >> alex is facing 90 some odd financial, some people say alleging there's no alleged about he did he stole from these people it is going to be held accountable we can only hope at this point alex will own it and plead guilty and he will spare all of his other victims from the emotional toil of going to this process the trial process for there's nothing to fight about now. there's no way to save himself is good to go to prison for a very long time. i'm anticipating a life without parole sentencing tomorrow. >> based on what. >> based on the depraved nature of this plan, you killed your

family. you are found guilty and because of who you were sentencing serves two purposes. one is the punish, the other is to deter. everybody watching should be deterred from doing anything like this after the sentences rendered. >> there is a pastor who walks around here outside of the courthouse with a sign for justice and he came out here saying justice justice. even though this is for the murders of maggie and paul. is this the road to justice and begin to be justice for some of the other alleged victims. i say alleged because it not been convicted i know he admitted to a lot on the stand is this the road to justice in the beginning for them? >> this is a bright light. if alex murdaugh can be convicted by jury of his peers for murdering his own wife and his son. they can absolutely get justice. it's a very, very bright light.

>> to saluted again the attorneys that were there with you said the same thing there were a lot of us watching this. the defense made a very significant argument about the presence of reasonable doubt for this was a circumstantial case. there was a lot of circumstantial evidence but a circumstantial case. we don't know if we have the murder weapon. as far as we know we do not there was no video to actually show the crime. there were no eyewitnesses and yet we have a three hour verdict what does that say about his decision to testify how important is the video with his voice on it with some of the people identifying him admitting he lied. do you think that was a turning point or much more. >> i think a big part of it alex was represented by lawyers who were not from here from this part of the world would we have people get convicted when there is nobodies, forget firearms you cannot prove someone is dead you just know no one has seen them. these people are familiar with. alex lied about the last moment he saw his family alive.

that's a tough thing to get around preview can come up with fighting this at one point during closing. jim says he brings up drug cartel or something an objection, people were not buying them. why would you lie to law enforcement about the last time you saw your family alive if you were truly concerned about finding the person who did it, you wouldn't. these jurors displayed attentiveness but most importantly common sense not falling for smoke and mirrors. circumstantial evidence can be strong. in this case was extremely strong. >> thank you so much i appreciate your time and all the time you've given us during the trial. erin i'm gotta toss it back to you we continue to get reaction from all the attorneys that represent many alleged victims of alex murdaugh. it they have been constant around his courthouse, this is not their case obviously but they are invested because of what this does mean to what

their clients and the potential for them to potentially, they feel, get justice. >> absolutely were to go back to diane. we do understand there may be what looks to be alive press her with a prosecutor, creighton waters they have been setting up microphones. obviously if he comes to the microphones we will take that life. her diane say she had a chance to briefly speak to the defense team when they left often loquacious they had nothing to say. but we do anticipate hearing from the lead prosecutor in just a few moments. as we await that the legal experts are back in defense attorney misty marriage joins us. i want to begin with justin diane finished he was saying on a certain level no murder weapon no witnesses as diane was going to the things that they did not have but it incredibly quick and firm and clear verdict. does that surprise you?

>> i was shocked the verdict came back so quickly with all of the witnesses 70 witnesses in a three-week trial there was so much to parse through, this comes down to one thing the jury determines cut ability and they clearly did not believe alex murdaugh. the minute he got understand and he said believe me now after he told a calculated inconsistent lie about the most important fact of the case the last person to see his family alive the jury simply was not having it printed very difficult asked the jury to believe you and one context but not another. had it been the lies about the financial crimes maybe he could've gotten over that. but once it was relevant and quite frankly imperative to the analysis of what happened that night the jury was simply not buying it. it's very clear from the verdict. >> do believe that was a mistake or they had no choice to put them on the stand or is that the mistake that this rest upon.

>> i actually think he had nothing to lose because of all the financial crimes that he was facing they were pretty solid he admitted to it on the stand. i believe him going on the stand is what saved him. if he had never taken or never testified, the defense had all of these avenues to pursue reasonable doubt but he got up there and he had no choice but to fall on the story but unfortunately it showed he was an admitted liar. >> stay with us as you see the microphones we anticipate the lead prosecutor creighton waters may come out and address the media in just a moment so we gee to take a brief break we willbr bring you back to thatne the minute it begins. her it's a yeaa fefew years old we w want to buy your car so go to carvana enter your license plate answer a a few questions and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds when you're ready we'll come to you pay you on the spot and pick up your car that's it

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comes up with an excuse. you believe it all comes down to that, in what way. >> that's why he took the stand he was awkward to take the stand he overrode the opinions of his lawyers because we knew he had to answer for his voice on the video, he was there at the murder scene three minutes before the murders pretty got on the stand and he concocted a new story had never told anyone before which really didn't make any sense. he said he was so paranoid because of the opioids that he lied. he was so worried about being considered a suspect. he did not trust them. he is a former part-time he called police, please to not

call him. this was another major lie that jury did not buy. as you say, it all came down to the credibility and that the jury just decided he had none and i should be very clear here, the judge making it very clear in his comments. the evidence was circumstantial. >> absolutely. you can see by his statement, there was no chance that this judge was to grant or give the defense a motion to set aside the verdict because he agreed with the testimony that was submitted and agreed with the verdict by this jury. of course he was paying attention this entire trial and you can see also how a bit disgusted it is and i tell based on the prior sentencing that i had seen him conduct. i'll tell you tomorrow is no holds barred he is going to let

alex murdaugh know how he feels and how he was a tear on that day on june 7, 2021. >> misty what is your reaction to alex murdaugh's seeming lack of reaction as a defense attorney when the verdict was read in the significance of that. i want to contrast that with moments during the trial presented with images of his dead wife and son when he seemed to break down. >> it really fits in to the prosecutions take which all of this is an act not to say that he isn't regretful or sad. i agree with what prosecutor said he did love his wife, he just loved himself more and now we contrasted with a stoic exterior here. remember he's also a lawyer. i cannot imagine that he thought he had in the bag he thought he was preparing himself for this result especially given the

timeline he boxed himself into. even if you believe him he is still there at the murder scene say the jury vices story he is there is a really difficult situation to get out of. >> as we await the possible prosecutor addressing the media we got some video we will show of alex murdaugh leaving the court. there he is obviously handcuffed, we saw him prior to the walk by the jury, there he is tell me what's happening he's leaving and what happens on the night when you're convicted of a double murder and you are waiting sentencing the next morning. >> is going back to jail. he will not be a free man probably for the rest of his life pretty is a lot to think about tonight is the gig is up his exposed for what he is a con man and a killer pretties would be think about tonight it is

good to go back to court where he'll get his sentence. i believe with bernardo he could get the maximum sentence this judge seemed like he has tolerance for this guy. >> we should be clear they did not go for the death penalty they want life life for each pre-the minimum for murder is 30 years. it is certainly nothing from the judge indicated that he would go there. in the judge is the one who will make the sentencing decision. bernardo t the jury you can appr in the audience if you want but the jury has no role tomorrow. misty what do you make about the video that we just saw him walking out in the night before convicted of a double murder of your wife and son in handcuffs, there he is leaving a moment to go he will be sentenced tomorrow morning. >> i would i'm sure he's thinking about, look, he's a master manipulator. that's what we've seen. i'm wondering if he's thinking to himself, i really thought that i could change the narrative and i really thought my testimony would knock this the other way. its impossible to tell.

he's certainly standing here facing a life sentence for the murder of his family. even if he was facing it for the financial crimes, this was certainly something that i'm sure he's very very self-reflective about at this time. >> thank you both very much. thank you to all of you for joining us. please stay with us. we are anticipating the lead prosecutor coming to the microphones for a possible press conference. "ac360" will carry on with that after this. ♪ ♪ get directv v with a two year price guarantee. ♪ inner voice (kombucha brewer): if i just stare at these payroll forms... my business' payroll taxes will calculate themselves.

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