announced that they had done so to the clerk. and now they are just waiting for court personnel to return to the courtroom, in which the jury will announce its verdict. they went in to deliberations at 3:50 eastern time this afternoon, so this seems like a relatively quick verdict for what was a very complicated and lengthy trial. prosecutors trying to prove that alec murdaugh killed his wife and son. they say to create a distraction as his admitted financial crimes were beginning to catch up with him. the murders took place on the same day that people from his law firm approached him and started questioning him about large sums of missing funds. alec murdaugh eventually admitted to stealing money from clients, from other attorneys, vulnerable individuals, some of his closest friends but throughout the trial he insisted and his attorneys insisted that he was not a murderer, that he would never bring any harm to his family. the defendant, mr. murdaugh, suggested that the killi
of the south, i mean, you know, the guy s grandfather photo was in that courthouse, how could he really get to the point where you could kill your wife and son? people used to domestic violence. people are used to a man killing his wife. they are not accustomed to a man blowing his son s brains out. now they are hearing for the first time that the guy was a pill addict. so he is a pill addict and, you know what? this guy is an upstanding member of the community. he is a druggy, you know, and he is shooting his wife and son. it makes no sense. jesse: yep. sometimes you look at someone it looks like they have everything going for them, and then behind the scenes, you are popping pills, they are stealing money, and they are murdering their family members. judge jeanine: stealing money and then they think the guy is so arrogant he thinks he can get away with it. i will tell you something, jesse, this judge was convinced from the get-go. the fact that he sent this jury