The trials studies, in this primetime special. Good evening everyone, i am laura coats, the Closing Argument today in the Alex Murdaugh Double Murder trial will resume tomorrow. They come after five weeks of intense, emotional, and graphic moments. As a jury of 12 in South Carolina will soon decide Alex Murdaughs face, and for the very first time today they visited the scene of the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, traveling to the families hunting property. We also got to look at the crime scene of close we have video released today. Here is how tonight is going to work. We have assembled some of the nations most prominent trial and jury veterans to analyze the key pieces of evidence. And which side may have the best argument. On the defense table, mark omara, who defended george zimmerman. Jennifer vaughan jean who defended bill cosby, and r. Kelly. And lonnie coombs, a former los angeles Criminal Prosecutor and a veteran former homicide prosecutor in brooklyn. In our makes a jury
Hows your client now . Hows his State Of Mind . Not good. Jimmy, where jim i was with him that morning he was shot. In his mind, he was ready to give up. I said, you know, alex, theres an end to this, and theres a life beyond this. And you need to be here for your family, and buster loves you, and, you know, we all support you 100 . And he told me that he had an Opioid Addiction and that he had been struggling with it for many, many years and it was very expensive. Alex murdaughs speaking for the first time in weeks, this time from a savannah hospital bed. The patriarch of the family making Big Decisions as he recovers from a gunshot wound. The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. Ive made a lot of decisions that i truly regret. Im resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle thats been exacerbated by these murders. After alex was shot, first thing he did was admit that he had an Opioid Addiction and a problem and then wen
i said there is a life beyond this and you need to be here for your family and buster loves you and we all support you 100%. he told me he had an opioid addiction and had been struggling with it for many years and it was very expensive. the patriarch of the family making big decisions as he recovers from a gunshot wound. the murders have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. i made about decisions i truly regret. i am resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle that has been exacerbated by these murders. after he was shot the first thing he did was admit he had an opioid addiction and a problem and then went immediately to rehab. he has to stay there and can t leave. is he going home with you guys? going straight back to rehab. the murder of his son and wife 90 days ago took a tremendous toll on him. most people could not get through that. he got through it with the use of opioids. that void just keeps getting bigger. you feel for
the trials studies, in this primetime special. good evening everyone, i am laura coats, the closing argument today in the alex murdaugh double murder trial will resume tomorrow. they come after five weeks of intense, emotional, and graphic moments. as a jury of 12 in south carolina will soon decide alex murdaugh s face, and for the very first time today they visited the scene of the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, traveling to the families hunting property. we also got to look at the crime scene of close we have video released today. here is how tonight is going to work. we have assembled some of the nation s most prominent trial and jury veterans to analyze the key pieces of evidence. and which side may have the best argument. on the defense table, mark o mara, who defended george zimmerman. jennifer vaughan jean who defended bill cosby, and r. kelly. and lonnie coombs, a former los angeles criminal prosecutor and a veteran former homicide prosecutor in brooklyn. in ou
how s your client now? how s his state of mind? not good. jimmy, where jim! i was with him that morning he was shot. in his mind, he was ready to give up. i said, you know, alex, there s an end to this, and there s a life beyond this. and you need to be here for your family, and buster loves you, and, you know, we all support you 100%. and he told me that he had an opioid addiction and that he had been struggling with it for many, many years and it was very expensive. alex murdaugh s speaking for the first time in weeks, this time from a savannah hospital bed. the patriarch of the family making big decisions as he recovers from a gunshot wound. the murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. i ve made a lot of decisions that i truly regret. i m resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle that s been exacerbated by these murders. after alex was shot, first thing he did was admit that he had an opioid addic