Stay updated with breaking news from 3 2 23. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the united states, thejury in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son. prosecutors had said the lawyer, from a well known and wealthy family, carried out the killings in an effort to distract from the fact he had been stealing from the family firm. here s the moment the verdicts were read out in court. guilty verdict. signed by the forelady, 3 2 23. we willjust renew our previously argued motions for the directed verdict and at this on the grounds on those grounds, we would make a motion for a mistrial and to set aside the verdict. by the state, response. your honour, based on our previous arguments, we would submit that the case properly went to the jury and the verdict was proper and we ll rely on those arguments. the court found at the end i of the state s case that there was sufficient evidence to find the defendant guilty, - if the evidence was. ....
six weeks. we are standing by for the court to resume in the verdict to be read. dianne gallagher as you know has been covering this from the very beginning she s outfront live in water bro south carolina outside of the courthouse. diane i understand the verdict came in a few weeks ago, a few hours of deliberations what else you understand is happening right here. as you can imagine this is a fluid situation, we have seen movement of the cameras inside of the courtroom signaling there is something going on but were focused on the seal every time we are in break. according to the pool at 6:41 p.m. the jury let the clerk of court no that they reached a verdict. we do not know what the verdict is, alex murdaugh facing four felony charges in a series of the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul, as you mentioned three hours of deliberation after lengthy closing arguments in the prosecution, the defense in a rebuttal from the prosecution this afternoon before the judg ....
just ahead on cnn newsroom verdict, guilty. verdict guilty. our criminal justice system worked tonight. it gave a voice to maggie and paul paul murdaugh who were brutally murdered. we didn t hear anything until plywood crashed through our window. the fbi foiling an alleged plot to kill jewish government officials in michigan. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is 4:00 a.m. in south carolina where alex murdaugh will find out whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison. the jury found him guilty of murder in the killings of his wife and son. murdaugh will not face the death penalty. prosecutors have indicated that they will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole instead. after the verdict was reached, the lead prosecutor celebrated the jury s decision. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family is. it doesn t matter how much money you have or people think you have. it doesn t matter what yo ....
tornados tear through texas and louisiana, right now more than 60 million people are still under the threat of severe storms. ammunition on the agenda today. president biden meeting the german chancellor and sending more firepower to ukraine. it is friday, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. just hours from now, tau alex murdaugh will stand in a courtroom to learn his fate. a judge will issentence him for murdering his own wife and son. guilty verdict. verdict guilty. verdict guilty. verdict guilty. the jury heard six weeks of testimony but took less than three hours to convict him. murdaugh now facing a possible 30 years behind bars. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family is, it doesn t matter how much money you have or people think you have. it doesn t matter what you think how prominent you are, if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south caro ....
guilty verdict. signed by the forelady, 3/2/23. we had no doubt that we had a chance to present our case in a court of law they would see through the one last con that alex murdaugh was trying to pull and they did and we are so grateful for that. prosecution team in south carolina feeling good this morning. they got that verdict in just about three hours. now we are waiting for them to be back in the courtroom this morning because the sentencing hearing will be underway. good morning. alex murdaugh has been found guilty on all counts in the double monitored of his own wife and son. we will find out if he is going to get life in prison. the attorney general is going to join us lufb as the judge is preparing to sentence murdaugh. emotions high in east palestine east palestine last night demanding to be relocated after last month s toxic train derailment. two families brought together by tragedy. the parents of television journalist and 9-year-old girl killed in la ....