have to be unanimous.t you can become theju leader of . free world with less than 2% ofa dethe vote but you cannot be convicted, even of jaywalking without a full agreement of your fellow citizens.w pendants critique lawyers. testimony on the witness stand and judge with newman sne evidentiary readings, i thought judge newman did an outstanding job under very difficult circumstances. the lawyers on botich sideuls ey good reputation but cases are rarely won or lost because of judges or lawyers. it s the evidence juries focus on. weeks ago i said i d rather have a false exculpatory statement minute confession. now you see why. e wi improve fate quicker than any other type of evidence. it was alex myrna live not being present at the murder scene that didn t lament for the forensics and ballistics and gunshot residue, blood spatter, cell phone information, navigation data, a life that exposed him as the killer. trials are really two trials in one, the prosecution tells usth what
wants one thing, some of the family does not, how difficultdo was it for youesr office when yu have victims that don t consider themselves to be victims?fo that was interesting points you made. it was a balancing act for ther last six weeks, really the lastd year end a h half because at the end of the day, the young man,e the son who remains, cluster, his mother and brother were brutally murdered and his father was standing looking at going away to prison for life so it was a lose lose situation form him, lose lose from other members of the family. i have nothinghe but compassion for the members of the familyt and i m nogot going to pit mysef against him, only to say i hope they were able tsao move forward but our job was to bring justice and prove to the people of south carolina and that communite y tt no one is above justice nor st matter your station in society, no matter your last name. we all are not beyond the reach of the law. and you did it, attorney
other than life which is ironic the justice system itself not being honest but things have changed. some and some of the time.rdoc the courthouse where murdaugh was tried and convicted wasted built in 1820. one hundred years later in 1920, the reign of the murdaugh fa family. for a century thereafter, his family had his hand on the wheel of justice, they have the power, they decided who to charge, what to charge, whether to show mercy and to whom, whether tofl negotiate a plea, what symptomse to seek, they have the power to protect the affluent, protective friends and family, the power to intimidate, show up at a crime scene, a hospital to carry a badge by a different set of rules. the power ultimately loses to
real justice. real justice doesn t care who you are, what your name isyo, wm family you are from, real justice is blind.s real justice is thble truth.s that s really where power shoulr reside, not privilege or prominence but it inn truth. that 203-year-old courthouse has seen it all, the good and bad in my beloved home state in our justice system and in people but for one day last week, real justice prevailed.for k, truth one and power, privilege and prominence went to prison for life. joining us now is the man whose office successfully prosecuted alex murdaugh, part of the prosecution team himself. south carolina attorney general allen, welcome to you mr. attorney general, lots of preparation from a lonenerg tri,