six weeks. we are standing by for the court to resume in the verdict to be read. dianne gallagher as you know has been covering this from the very beginning she s outfront live in water bro south carolina outside of the courthouse. diane i understand the verdict came in a few weeks ago, a few hours of deliberations what else you understand is happening right here. as you can imagine this is a fluid situation, we have seen movement of the cameras inside of the courtroom signaling there is something going on but were focused on the seal every time we are in break. according to the pool at 6:41 p.m. the jury let the clerk of court no that they reached a verdict. we do not know what the verdict is, alex murdaugh facing four felony charges in a series of the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul, as you mentioned three hours of deliberation after lengthy closing arguments in the prosecution, the defense in a rebuttal from the prosecution this afternoon before the judge char
six weeks. we are standing by for the court to resume in the verdict to be read. dianne gallagher as you know has been covering this from the very beginning she s outfront live in water bro south carolina outside of the courthouse. diane i understand the verdict came in a few weeks ago, a few hours of deliberations what else you understand is happening right here. as you can imagine this is a fluid situation, we have seen movement of the cameras inside of the courtroom signaling there is something going on but were focused on the seal every time we are in break. according to the pool at 6:41 p.m. the jury let the clerk of court no that they reached a verdict. we do not know what the verdict is, alex murdaugh facing four felony charges in a series of the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul, as you mentioned three hours of
typically of seniors wanting to see the end result of a case. you saw alex murdaugh let out with handcuffs on guilty on all four counts guilty of birding his wife and son unanimously of the jury of seven men and five women as he walked out they did not look at him. it appeared from what we could see in the camera was on him as each of the counts was red, lacking a motion that we could see certainly. his other son that testified on his behalf showed more of that behind him in the courtroom, dianne gallagher joins me again from the court she has been there through all of this. diane they re going to reconvene tomorrow but he kept emphasizing judge newman, the overwhelming nature of the evidence. that was something emphasized in the closing arguments of the prosecution. acknowledging from the very
because of it. effective the really significant thing to say profound thing to say let s go to dianne gallagher on the ground. i am here with justin bamberg a state lawmaker but also an attorney who represents about ten of alex murdaugh s alleged financial crime victims. you been here i ve seen you almost every day inside of the courtroom watching the jurors. i wanted no three hours of deliberation you and i talked a lot about this. what is your initial reaction to a quick verdict in a guilty verdict. i m not a lie i was a little surprised how fast the jury came back. i was hopeful and expecting a guilty verdict. but to get one that fast really kind of surprised me. but the moment i heard the verdict is in i knew they found him guilty they were buying what he was selling and i truly think that the jury recognized this man ri like everybody pretty lid