they had everybody from colleton county, hampton county, they're investigating it.phen dies, they just put him in a body bag. he was hit by a car. who cares? it's that name that got pulled. >> being the underdogs in town, i guess in their head, we're nothing, so who's going to notice nothing being gone? >> sandy had to stand by herself seeking justice for stephen because those in authority didn't feel like they were accountable to them to commit to solving this. poor people were not treated the same in hampton, and that's a tragedy, not just for the victims but for that community. >> i knew stephen was not going to get justice in hampton county . >> several people, several families have not gotten justice in hampton county. >> after paul and maggie were murdered, sled called my mom and told her that they were reopening stephen's case. >> for what reasons, we don't know, but it is back open, and that gives us hope. >> i found it real curious when they brought up stephen smith. what did they find? did they find something on the phone? did they find something on the pr

the murdaughs have had control of hampton county for close to a century. >> they have held the position of the prosecutor, the solicitor, as we call it, through four generations. >> everyone knows that they are the lawyers in the area. the murdaughs are the justice system. >> kings of the low country. >> literally what took 100 years to build crumbled in one year. >> detectives were called in after 10:00 p.m. where they found two bodies inside. their bodies were found by maggie's husband and paul's father, richard alexander murdaugh. >> the investigation into their murders was extremely closed. authorities were being very tight-lipped about what evidence they gathered, how exactly they even had died. it was all very shrouded in mystery. >> the murdaugh family owned hundreds of acres in this neighborhood, and the people who are their neighbors would not talk about the family or what happened, just saying they were good people. >> it was truly a ghost town feel of we can't say anything about it because either we are scared or we know too much or we could be next. >> you felt the dome over

so in this case, the plaintiffs, the beach family had filed suit in hampton county.as trying to move venue to buford county, and i wanted the case to stay in hampton county. and really that was my only thought about -- i wasn't doing the legal work on those. i was a party in that case. danny henderson was primarily representing me personally, john tiller and amy bauer were representing me personally, and daws cook was representing me personally. those were the guys that were doing the legal work. so i wasn't actually doing that work, but what i was concerned about was the venue motion. i had already done what i had to do for the financial motion, and danny henderson was on me about getting him a financial statement because -- >> let's stop. there was a motion to compel and seek a lot of financial records for you, is that correct? >> absolutely. >> and were you concerned that your house, financial house, was going to be opened up for the world, also in that hearing? >> no, i've been a plaintiff's lawyer, like mr. tinsley that sat here, we do the same exact thing. in m

i wanted the case to stay in hampton county.my only thought about -- i wasn't doing the legal work on those. i was a party in that case. i wasn't -- danny henderson was primarily representing me personally, john tiller and amy bauer and donald cook were representing me personally. those were the guys doing the legal work. i wasn't actually doing that work, but what i was concerned about was the venue motion. i had already done what i had to do for the financial motion. danny henderson was on me about getting him a financial statement because -- >> let's stop. there was a motion to compel and seek a lot of financial records from you, is that correct? >> absolutely. >> and were you concerned that your house, financial house, was going to be opened up for the world as a result of that hearing? >> no. i've been a plaintiff's lawyer like mr. tinsley that sat here. we do the same exact thing. the guys in my law firm are some of the best lawyers i've ever known and definitely some of the best lawyers in the state, handling some of the

. >> and where was that located, not your gunshot, but where were you shot, in hampton county. >> hampton county, just right on the river. >> and why did you want to be gone? >> i mean, i knew all this was coming to a head. i knew how humiliating it was going to be for my son. i'd been through so much. at the time, in the bad place that i was, seemed like the better thing to do. i don't think that way now thankfully, but i did at the time. >> did you have life insurance on you? >> oh, yeah, i had a lot of life insurance. >> and who was the beneficiary? >> maggie was the beneficiary. >> how much life insurance did you have. >> i had $12 million. a $4 million policy and $8 million policy. a total of 12. >> did you ever have any life insurance on maggie? >> no, never. >> you ever have any life insurance on paul? >> no. alex, will you tell this jury about maggie and your relationship with her? >> i saw a picture. she was just as beautiful inside as she was outside. and she was so adventurous. i mean, you couldn't tell her something was good or bad. i mean, she wanted to find out for herself.

so in this case the plaintiffs, the beach family, had filed suit in hampton county. ers was trying to move venue to beaufort county. i wanted the case to stay in hampton county. and really that was my only thought about -- i wasn't doing the legal work on those. i was a party in that case. i wasn't -- danny henderson was primarily representing me personally, john tiller, and amy bauer were presenting me personally, and dallas cook was representing me personally and those were the guys who were doing the legal work. so i wasn't actually doing that work, but what i was concerned about was the venue motion. i had already done what i had to do for the financial motion and danny henderson was on me about getting him a financial statement because -- >> let's stop -- so there was a motion to compel and seek a lot of financial records from you, is that correct? >> absolutely. >> and were you concerned that your house, financial house was going to be opened up for the world as a result of that hearing? >> no. i've been a plaintiff's lawyer like mr. tinsley that sat here, we do

. >> and what schools did you go to coming up through in hampton county? went to ben hazel primary school. hampton elementary school, north district middle school, white hampton high school. >> and as you were growing up, what were your interests, buster? >> sports, playing sports, doing things outdoors, hunting, fishing. >> was your father involved in those interests with you? >> yes, sir. >> was your mother also? >> yes, sir. >> in what way? >> my father coached every little league team i played on up until i started playing for the schools in which had a coach. >> what about paul? what were his interests growing up? >> outdoors mostly. hunting, fishing, playing around in the woods. >> did he also play sports at times? >> he did. yeah, he played basketball and baseball. >> did your dad coach him as well? >> he did. >> would your parents attend all of you and paul's sporting events? >> every game. it was a rarity for them to miss one and then if they had to, they would call and explain. >> right. and at some point in time did your parents buy this property

. >> hampton county 911, what is your emergency? >> this is alex murdaugh at 4147 moselle road .the police and an ambulance immediately. my wife and child have been shot badly. >> on that day, june the 7th, alex comes home from work around 6:30 and met paul. and he and paul rode around the fields inspecting the property. they were just, you know, hanging out together. and then they met their mother and they had dinner. i've got all their phone records leading up until the murder. and they're talking to each other. maggie's talking to paul and paul's talking to alex. they were communicating in very loving fashion. after dinner, maggie left the house to go run the dogs. paul left the house because paul never stayed inside. and alex, frankly, doesn't know where paul went. alex says that he laid down on the couch and watched tv and fell asleep. and he woke up about 9:00 and he wanted to go check on his mother. so he tries to call maggie first. and she doesn't answer. and he tries to call paul and he doesn't answer. and he texts maggie and says, i'll be right back. he leaves. and he i

>> it's hampton county. it's on the road right along the river. >> and why did you want to be gone? >> i mean, i knew all this was coming to a head. i knew how humiliating it was going to be for my son. i had been through so much. at the time, the bad place that i was, it seemed like the better thing to do. i don't think that way now thankfully, but i did at the time. >> did you have life insurance on you? >> yeah, i had a lot of life insurance. >> who was the beneficiary? >> maggie was the beneficiary. >> how much life insurance did you have? >> i had $12 million. i had $4 million policy and a $8 million policy. total of 12. >> did you have life insurance on maggie? >> no, never. >> you ever have life insurance on paul? >> no. >> alex, will you tell this jury about maggie and your relationship with her. >> ya'll saw a picture. she was just as beautiful inside as she was outside. she was so adventurous. i mean, you couldn't tell her something was good or bad. she wanted to find out for herself. she wanted to do it, see it, experience it on her own and form her own opinion. she was d

>> it's hampton county. it's right on the road that runs along the sawkahachee river. >> why did you want to be gone? >> i mean, i knew all this was coming to a head. i knew how humiliating it was going to be for my son. i mean, i had been through so much. at the time in the bad place that i was it seemed like the better thing to do. i don't think that way now thankfully, but i did at the time. >> did you have life insurance on you? >> oh, yeah, i had a lot of life insurance. >> who was the beneficiary? >> maggie was the beneficiary. >> how much life insurance did you have? >> i had $12 million. i had a $4 million policy and an $8 million policy for a total of 12. >> did you ever have any life insurance on maggie? >> no, never. >> did you ever have any life insurance on paul? >> no. >> alex, tell this jury about maggie and your relationship with her . >> you all saw a picture. she was just as beautiful inside as she was outside and, i mean, she was so adventurous. i mean, she -- you couldn't tell her somethi

murdaugh was appointed as the deputy solicitor of allen dale and jasper and hampton counties. signed by duffy stone. >> signed by duffy stone. >> i was never a solicitor. that's what that says. i've never been a deputy solicitor. unless -- i was a volunteer assistant solicitor. as far as i know, sean thornton has been the only deputy solicitor that duffy stone had. >> it's a simple point. it set deputy solicitor but that's a higher rank than assistant solicitor. is that your understand something. >> that's what i think. i have never been deputy solicitor. even though that says that. i agree with you. that was signed by duffy stone, not by me. >> i understand. this is what was given to you. >> that's what i was given to me. >> we went through this about whether or not you had an association with the law enforcement community and given to you not by your father but a successor, correct? >> we got to this because you asked me if i took an oath. i don't remember talking an oath. >> and you agree it says deputy solicitor? >> i agree that says deputy solicitor. >> would you agree wi

there was a moment, though, this morning with a former sheriff of hampton county, south carolina, thatown testimony last week. they called to question blue lights that alex murdaugh had put on his own vehicle. and when he was on the stand, he said he had gotten permission from the sheriff. that sheriff took the stand today. here's what alex murdaugh said and the response from the sheriff today. >> did you ask the sheriff of the town if you could do that? >> i did. >> who was that? >> i believe it was t.c. smalls. >> did you ever have a conversation with alex murdaugh about him asking you permission, or even telling you about installing thrblue lights on hi private vehicle. >> no, sir. never had a conversation with alex murdaugh, as a matter of fact, i never had a conversation with anyone in my 39 years about installing blue rights in your personal vehicle. >> reporter: now, we do want to point out the blue lights didn't necessarily have to do with the murders per se. but it's part of the state setting up this idea that alex murdaugh could not be trusted. and the idea that he potentiall

hampton was just 21 years old. evidence shows the fbi, the cook county state's attorney's office, and the chicago police had conspiredm. the demand for police accountability for hampton's murder has grown in the 50 years that followed. it reached a turning point in 2014 with the chicago police murdered black teenager laquan mcdonald. dash camera video of the murder shows police shot mcdonald 16 times and tried to cover it up. this and other killings by chicago police, and the protests that followed, reinvigorated a local movement for community control of the police. now as part of theebruary election, chicago residents will have a chance to vote for candidates to local police councils. they will choose three representatives from each of the city's 22 police districts to have a say on community-policing issues. seven will be part of a community commission for public safety and accountability that plays a role in police oversight bodies and setting police department policy. for more, we are joined by frank chapman, longtime chicago activist and field organizer and education director of the chicago alliance against raci

hampton? >> i don't remember that, but i know that now. >> and what we played here in the court and your testimony was the colleton county handoff. all that? >> i do recall that. i think at some point hampton might have got played too, didn't it? the main part was to colleton, the part that was like a minute into the call. >> initially it went to hampton and subsequently transferred to colleton? >> that's right. >> a minute or so into the colleton call you said i've been up to it now, do you remember that? >> you remember saying that. i remember hearing it. i don't remember saying that, but i remember hearing it. >> okay. >> and i mean, that is accurate. and by up to it, at that point, i had gone all the way up to them at that point. when i first got out, i was close, but i wasn't right at them. i don't think. >> right. >> you were asked about the roadside shooting and your intent was to end your life that day, was it not in. >> it was. no question. >> and you were shot, but not killed. and then you made up a lie to law enforcement about what happened, right? >> that's correct. >> were you trying to protect curtis eddie smith by d

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county you chose to bring a suit in. so the murdaugh family exploited this to great advantage, and it became one of the basises of their fortune. they made hampton into a kind of litigator's paradise, where they would routinely obtain very large settlements for plaintiffs. and they had a very accommodating jury pool that would regularly award settlements that were vastly higher in many cases than you would get anywhere else in the country. and that tradition was rescinded in 2006, but by then, they had made a lot of money. >> and yet, alex murdaugh still stole. james, it's an excellent piece. i hope people will read it. >>> and who won the week is still ahead. >>> first, democratic attorneys generals are pushing back against the right's relentless assault on reproductive rights. now targeting abortion medication. more on that next. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's a little number you'll never forget. ♪ customize and save. ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ why are 93% of sleep number sleepers very satisfied with their bed? omaybe it's because you can gently rais