guilty on all counts, after six week trial, more than 70 witnesses took a south carolina jury less than three hours of deliberations to decide that alec murdaugh was guilty of killing his wife and son. his sentencing is set for tomorrow. we re back with s. e. cupp, patrick mcenroe joins us, as well. they ve, you are an attorney, what do you think sealed the deal but allow the jury to decide this in three hours. the jury s all right through this conman. he lied from day one. he lied to his family. he lied to police. and then when he got caught in a lie, because of his sons video, he changed his story on the spot, the jury didn t believe his new story. ironically, it was his son paul who solved his own murder. yes, we ve been saying that. paul s cell phone capture the audio of alex murdaugh at the kennels that night, when he said he wasn t. didn t he know that he said these in discovery where he would ve been tipped off that he had this video? why was he caught in that
working out there, if he goes outside and what a lot, comes back in, takes a shower. was that normal routine for him? it was. and did he sweat a lot? yeah, it s hot out there in the summertime. was he a lot bigger than the knee is today? he was. pork in. this guy did a lot of things right in planning this and plotting this. he was methodical, he was very smart. he just didn t get everything right. which i needed to to get out of this. maybe to dumb question, i thought you can t be compelled to testify against or for a family member? was that the case here, or did he volunteer to testify? in favor of his death? he was called as a witness from the defense side. that s why he voluntarily testified. that didn t automatically open him up to scrutiny from the prosecution as well? yes, you get a cross examine him, but the only privilege that exists a special privilege,
there is no sun father privilege. okay. glad i asked. but for the viewer. yes, and my point is that he was willing to testify for his father, we assume, because he believed his father. now, his father is probably going to prison for life, tomorrow. and he you know his father the collateral damage of all of this violence is so awful. do you think that it was wise to put alex murdaugh on the stand? no, in retrospect. because when he testified, he changed his story that he had for two years, and then his explanation for i was paranoid of law enforcement because of the opioids. well, number one, if you re that paranoid that makes you lie, then maybe, the opioids also made you paranoid enough to kill. so, that s a problem, he gave the state an additional motive. remember, the states hardest part of proving their case was
end, they were welcomed by this community. it seems that this is a community that felt that justice should have been delivered long ago. but murdaugh thought he was above that. i get the sense that he was doing what he always did in this time, it didn t work. that s such a great point. it came out in trial that he had stolen millions from people. and there were bodies, other bodies, that pop up around this family. suspicious circumstances. well, as natasha just said, spot on. what i was here about a week ago, i was getting myself familiar with this situation. and i listened to murdaugh on the stand. and to our panel at the time. this is a guy who s gotten away with everything throughout his entire life. power, privilege, the family. and the chickens came home to roost, because to natasha s point, and i think the reason the verdict was delivered so quickly, was because these people there knew it. they knew exactly what this guy
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