reporter: the defense relied on his opioid addiction to account for his deception, his lies about his whereabouts, something the judge and jury didn t buy. they concluded that you continued to lie and lie throughout your testimony. it s not credible. it s not believable. reporter: despite all the circumstantial evidence against him, murdaugh maintained he was not guilty. i m innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie, and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son. it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you become when you take 15, 20, 30, 60 opioid pills. reporter: still murdaugh s defense team says they wouldn t have done anything differently. he s a liar and a thief, and he admitted that. he s not a murder. you saw the relationship between paul and he wouldn t execute his wife or son in this fashion. no one knew who he really and
you gave on the witness stand. was it, oh what a tangled web we weave? what did you mean by that? i meant when i lied, i continued to lie. reporter: the defense relied heavily on murdaugh s opioid addiction to account for his deception and lies about his whereabouts, something the judge and jury didn t buy. they ve concluded that you continued to lie and lied throughout your testimony. not credible. not believable. reporter: despite all the circumstantial evidence against him, murdaugh maintained he was not guilty. i m innocent. i would never, under any circumstances, hurt my wife, maggie. and i would never, under any circumstances, hurt my son paw-paw. and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you become when you take 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 opioid pills.
remorse. i was this close to him. it took 45 minutes to come to a decision? probably about 45, maybe an hour. reporter: murdaugh, once a prominent lawyer took the stand in his own emotional defense. han tainting he found the bodys after returning from a brief visit to his mother that night, despite cell phone video placing him at the scene. remind me of the expression you gave on the witness stand. was it oh what a tangled web you weave? what did you mean by that? it meant when i lied, i continued to lie. reporter: the defense relied on his opioid addiction to account for his deception, his lies about his whereabouts, something the judge and jury didn t buy. they concluded that you continued to lie and lie throughout your testimony.
death penalty. we heard one juror say it took 45 minutes. it took three hours for the jury to come out with a guilty verdict, but this juror said it took 45 minutes even with two jurors thinking it was a not guilty decision and one wasn t quite sure what to think. but he also said. this he didn t believe murdaugh when he was crying on the stand. listen. i didn t see any true remorse or any compassion or negs. he cried a lot on the stand. he never cried. he never cried. what do you mean by that. all he did was blow snot. did you see tears? no tears. how do you know he wasn t crying? i was this close to him. he said something to the fact he was making snot, not crying.
was and that s chilling. reporter: when i interviewed his defense lawyers, they said they plan to appeal. they have about ten days or so to do that. that would be on the grounds of the financial crimes being introduced in court. they didn t believe all of those should have been introduced. they were expecting just some of them. but when they came into play, defense lawyers saud they believe they lost the jury. the best hope was a hung jury or a mistrial. back to you. it s not what they got. thank you. a man is facing federal charges after a scary situation a at an airport in allentown, pennsylvania. the suspect was arrested ask charged after he packed explosives in a suitcase and tried to board a flight to florida. cnn has more on the alarming discovery. reporter: a judge ordered him to be detained pending trial. sawing he was a flight risk he s accused of trying to bring