other kind. i want to adopt that and say we may have the worst criminal justice system in the world, but it s better than every other kind there is. and our criminal justice system worked tonight. it gave a voice to maggie and paul murdaugh. who were brutally mowed down and murdered on the night of june 7th, 2021 by someone that they loved and someone that they trusted. and they couldn t be here to testify for themselves tonight. their testimony came through the evidence and the information that was gathered by the men and women or the agencies i ve just mentioned. it came from the testimony of the agents and the investigators and the attorneys and the folks in our staff who were able to get to it the court record. and so i want to say tonight, their voice was heard tonight and justice was brought for them. we can t bring them back, but we can bring them justice. i started off my remarks by saying it is a good day in south carolina.
did not mince words. it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you become. reporter: the judge sentenced murdaugh to life without parole. and i know you have to see paul and maggie during the nighttime, when you are intending to go to sleep. all day and his surviving son buster watching come of the disgraced former laf court in shackles and taken away to spend the rest of his life behind bars. persecutors portray to murdaugh as a serial liar who shot his wife and son to death on the night of june 7th, 2021, to distract from his drug addiction, and alleged financial crimes that were about to be revealed. once i lied, i continued to live, yes, sir. reporter: murdaugh repeatedly told investigators he was visiting his mother when the crimes work committed come up itself on evidence placed him at the murder scene. when he took the stand in his own defense, he admitted he
conclusion. our criminal justice system worked tonight. it gave a voice to maggie and paul murdaugh who were brutally mowed down and murdered on the night of june 7th, 2021 by someone that they loved and someone that they trusted. yeah. a little drama in the courtroom. an alternate juror was swapped in on thursday morning after the judge dismissed a member for allegedly talking to three people about the case. we re told someone reported that alleged misconducted to the court. meantime, we expect to hear from alec s legal team this morning after he is sentenced, guys. ainsley: all right. thank you so much, charles. the nail in the coffin really as i was watching this trial and glued to it originally he said i was not there at the scene. then they unlock paul s phone and it turns out he was snapchating with his friend, who is a neighbor. the neighbor was out of town, let paul keep his dog. so he was snapchating with them
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the defense asking permission for the jury to make an in-person visit to the crime scene. the prosecution pushing back. here s how that went. the state is not asking for there to be a jury to see, requiring additional testimony, because the scene is different than it existed on the night of june 7th, 2021. you can t appreciate the spatial issues without actually seeing them. the court allow a jury view. trey gowdy joins us now, a former prosecutor. nice to have you on. what s your reaction of the possible visit? can you clear up a rumor or a report, the lawyer for murdaugh, did he want murdaugh on the stand? or not. if it s not, did alex murdaugh