Would you like to address the court in any matters, chief? no, sir. we re proud of our agents work and proud of the partnership we have had with the attorney general s office as we had for many years and again we re here to see that justice is served and we believe it has been. thank you. for the defense. your honor, mr. griffin and i would have no comments. the defendant would like to address the court, though. mr. murdaugh. good morning, your honor. i m innocent. i would never hurt my wife, maggie, and i would hurt my son, pawpaw. thank you. anything further?
he never cried. reporter: he never cried. what do you mean by that? all he did was blow senate. reporter: did you not see tears? no tears. reporter: how do you know? because i saw his eyes. i was very close to him. did you feel like he was a liar? i did. a good liar. but not good enough. not good enough. eva pilgrim back wit new york back from the courthouse. excellent interview. we know murdaugh will spend the rest of his l he still faces charges for nearly 100 financial crimes. i want to ask eva about the other cases, the deaths the community is still investigating. there s a long list. we heard from the son of gloria staterfield, the family s long time housekeeper who die in the a trip and fall. in 2019, steven smith, one of buster s classmated died, it was
Trey rick let s beginning with you in the low country yourself. greenville, south carolina. how often is it that you hear a judge deliver what we just watched? not very often but i think your viewers need to know cliff newman lost a son not long ago who was the prominent, well-known lawyer in south carolina. so of all the trial judges in the state that can feel the loss, the finality of death, it would be cliff newman. if you know anything about him, bill, you know he have wants the defendant to tell him why. the jury has already spoken. so for alex murdaugh to insult the jury, insult the process was a really dumb thing. the good news for him he would get life no matter what but i don t know, cliff may have run them concurrent but for the fact that alex murdaugh continues to lie and therefore he got back-to-back life sentences.
This court but i m innocent and i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife, maggie, and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son, pawpaw. and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you had become when you take 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 opioid pills. maybe you become another person. dana: that was judge clifton newman and he gave those words right before he sentenced alex murdaugh to two life sentences served consecutively so he would never get out of prison and he gaveled out. defense lawyers will be speaking and we ll bring it to you as soon as it starts.
You, i wish your brother christopher was still with us to see your dad finally recognized. it s a story that didn t just begin in the vietnamese village 58 years ago. picture paris in 1956, the son of a midwestern foundry worker starting his first year at southern university in the heart of louisiana. a college football team quickly noticed that paris had the grit and guts they needed on the team. before long paris not only joined the team but named all american for it. he is a very slow learner, this guy. [laughter] i tell you what, off the field paris saw reminders of to many he was less than an american. that in the eyes of the law he was less than a person. signs on bars that read whites only, seats on buses were off limits for african-americans