i m somebody that s prosecuted and defended a bunch of death penalty cases. clearly newover do it in a circumstantial case. because 9 times out of 100, a jury is not going to sentence somebody to death without a confession or great forensic evidence at the minimum. they had none of that here. second ly n a death penalty cas, it gives us the ability to individually voir dire jurors. the prosecution obviously didn t want that. so i don t disagree with if i had been prosecuting this case, i probably wouldn t have brought it. s based on what we heard was presented to the grand jury by detective owen, blood spatter that didn t exist, testimony about guns that was wrong, i can go through the litany with you going back to his question. they need to do some self-.
deal, a point about sled of the investigation, did you get an opportunity to address that for the plaintiff? i think there were significant issues, i won t be addressing that in the senate unless it comes up in a bill. i am not going to mix this role with my role as a senator. i would not do that. why do you think the prosecutor what do you make of the judge s comment after the verdict? go ahead. what was the question, again? well, i am somebody that prosecuted and defended a bunch of death penalty cases and clearly you never do it in a circumstantial case. i saw him do it, he confess or you know great forensic evidence
there were some really powerful moments there that seemed to resonate with everyone in the courtroom as he talked about knowing murdaugh before this, seeing what his life, what he has become, and also the fact that they were in a courtroom where this family, the murdaugh family has tried cases for close to a century. and he talked about respecting the state s decision not to go with not to pursue the death penalty in this case, but saying as i look around here and think of how your grandfather, your father, even you have tried cases in here, and think about how surely people in your family have handed down and seen over, you know, death penalty cases for lesser crimes. all of that was factoring in. he said you might not have done this, but the monster you have become did. and just listening to all of that back and forth was a really compelling moment and then outside the courthouse after, there was this big frenzy,
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