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
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more than one inference on a specific fact, you have to find it on the pseudoof innocence, not guilt. these are really important instructions for this jury. and listen, it s ironic that in a double murder trial that it s the defense coming forward with the science and the lack thereof as opposed to the prosecution presenting the science and being beyond a reasonable doubt. i think the argument today was very effective. i think he hit all the points. there s a lot of criticism about not as dynamic, but neither side was. at least we didn t have professor waters slouched over. i found that to be so offensive yesterday. you want to play a portion of the chief prosecutor, his closing arguments to the jury. he is describing here the moments in which maggie and paul were murdered. listen. sees what happens and comes running over there running to
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