women and four men. the defense and prosecution, the defense will follow the prosecution and each are expected to present very different pictures of the defendant. disbarred south carolina attorney alec murdock. prosecutors suggest the defendant fatally shot his wife, maggie and their 22-year-old son, paul, on their 1,700 acre estate in an tempt to distract from millions of dollars in financial crimes spanning more than a decade. the defense is trying to discount that. this trial focuses on the murders alone, so the defense is going to do its best to limit testimony on murdock s alleged settlement money. the prosecutor has a very weak case, murdock s attorneys, linking him to the death of his
judge signed off on it. they said there is a snapchat video that paul sent out to several friends at approximately 7:56 pm on the night of the murders. they said the contents of that video is important to proving the state s case and part of that reason is likely because they believe that paul and maggie were murdered sometime between 8:30 pm and 10:06 pm. alec murdock has maintained his innocence and the murder of his wife and son. and his team even issued a statement this week basically saying they are ready for this trial to happen that they want to get it over with. they believe he will be found not guilty and they want the attorney general s office to focus on finding the real killers in their words. we saw a preview of this yesterday during pretrial motions where
the defense said we believe everything the state has a circumstantial and they are trying to prevent the state from bringing in some of the other things in the other crimes that are currently surrounding alec murdock. part of why this case has gripped the entire nation because there are so many twists and turns in other cases that surround it. he is facing roughly 100 charges most of them financially related to fraud saying he has stolen upwards of $9 million from former clients and his own law firm and family members. we are going to learn if that can be admissible into court. that does seem to be in large part what the case is based on. the jury was just seated a few moments ago. court comes bac3 pm for those arguments. keep us posted. thank you. another day another babbling if we uswe situation. budgone involving his campaign funds. we will tetell you abou it next.
a jury has been seated in opening statements will begin and a half an hour and a double murder trial of alec murdock. prosecutors allege the disgraced former lawyer shot and killed his wife and 22-year-old son in an attempt to cover up fraud. murdock denies he was involved. he is pleaded not guilty. what should we expect to hear today? so will be getting the opening arguments we will hear from the state of south carolina first. likely cretan waters who has been present in this case from its inception. from the moment that they indicted alec murdock in the murders of his wife maggie and his son, paul. both of them were shot and killed on the murdock family hunting property. their home. back in june 2021. alec was charged last year 13 months after the crime and we are expecting the state to lay out its evidence that it has. we do know that late last week there was a subpoena that was filed. a