murdaugh waits his fate. we are an hour and a half away from the start of this morning s sentence hearing. brian: it took the jury less than three hours of jury deliberations to convict murdaugh. griff: live outside of the courthouse, hey charles. hey, good morning alex murdaugh expected back in court at 9:30 local time this morning. sentencing after a jury found him guilty of killing both his wife maggie and son paul on the property in 2021. really a tough day for alex on thursday who immediately after the verdict was read and out of the courthouse in handcuffs for the entire world to see. the 54-year-old staring 34 years or life in prison after the jury came back three hours of deliberations with unanimous verdict of guilty on two counts of murder and two counts of possessing a weapon during the condition of a violent crime here this verdict coming after weeks of testimony, including testimony from alex himself who was forced to admit he lied to the police for almost
get over on your stomach, get over on your stomach! ainsley: wow, okay, that is jail coming to fox nation and new episodes of cops on fox nation. here, morgan. how are you doing? i m doing great. ainsley: it is moving to fox nation but tell us more. jail is a perfect companion of cops. a lot of people don t know the difference between prison and jails. prisons are a state run facilities and an example, alex murdaugh will go after convicted. when you re waiting trial, you go to jail. it is over 10 million people arrested every year. so, for us, we wanted to be able to shoot and that style show people events going down in the moment. that is what we do on jail.
cops. there s a lot of crime and cops have their hands full but we will be there to document it all and get it on fox. ainsley: i know your dad s front of you. i know he is the creator of cops. how did he come up with the idea? he pitched cops 1982 to the writers strike, 88, 89. but the fox network was a brand-new network and knowing what it would be. and it was the right place at the right time. that is why i m so happy to be on speed for the first 25 seasons we were on fox broadcast network and help build the network. for us being on fox nation is coming full circle and back when the show started. in a little bit of homecoming so we love it. ainsley: it is great. thank you so much. great to see you. absolutely. ainsley: before and jail available on fox nation.