washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaugh s double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of alex, of buster, on behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another thank you. just before closing arguments began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours and 15
nationwide conspiracy in which phone calls in pennsylvania and meetings and phone calls to georgia and harassment workers in georgia all fit into one big scheme and so it is much more profitable for the prosecutor to try to present that evidence once against all the defendants and show how they are linked. i am sure they are going to try to keep it close to one trial as possible but who knows. to say that this isn t new territory is a gross understatement. : understatement. been so much. i understand understatement. been so much. i understand we understatement. been so much. i understand we have understatement. been so much. i understand we have to understatement. been so much. i understand we have to let - understatement. been so much. i understand we have to let you - understand we have to let you go. great to have your insights and, josh, we have to let you go but before we do i want to get your take on this, what morgan was saying. the case being made of the massive consp
i was surprised there was no objections, but i hadn t seen any objections either way throughout the closings. i was struck by his use of the word probably when describing that scene. that he sort of said inferred, played out in that kennel. as always, thank you very much. you can catch the true crime show death by fame. it s on investigation discover on mondays at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. there s been an arrest in michigan that illustrates the threat facing public officials and jewish people in america. this time it s a man who was taken into custody for allegedly threatening to kill jewish members of michigan s government. the state attorney general says the fbi informed her she was one of the targets. unfortunately, this isn t new territory for the state of michigan. several men were recently sentenced for plotting to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer.