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maggie and i would never hurt my son paw paw. murder of your wife maggie murdaugh, i sentence you to a term for the rest of the natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. john: convicted double murderer alec murdaugh set to spend the rest of his life and after life behind bars after a south carolina judge handed down two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. john roberts in washington. good friday to you. gillian: good friday, that s an awful long time, two life sentences. i m gillian turner, i m in for sandra, this is america reports. so in this fairly dramatic sentencing hearing, judge clifton newman admonished him, called the defense not credible and assault on the integrity of the judicial system. john: murdaugh repeatedly claimed he did not murder his wife and son. his conviction capped off a stunning fall from grace for his family which the judge des ....
And i ll restore faith in our elections, too. as governor, i signed voter i.d. in 2011. the media went crazy and i was vilified for it. they said i was trying to disen franchise voters. i called their bluff. anyone unable to get an i.d., we will pick them up, take them to the dmv, give them a free i.d. and return them home safely. out of 5 million people in south carolina, you know who how many people asked for a ride? 25. now south carolina has more people voting than ever before and it s racist to think that minorities are incapable of getting an i.d. for themselves. i ll make america strong at home. we ll have safe streets, secure ....
Enough to just talk b about donald trump. we have to put forth positive messages about our party and candidate. if we pair that with the work say stacey abrams does in terms of voter access and tamping down on attempts to disenfrn franchise voters, particularly african-american voters, if we do what we are doing in this race, be hyper local, that s what won us the majority in 2018. that s what he s doing here in this race. being hyper local. yes, nationalize it, but remember that it s kitchen table issues that win the day. if we were those points, then i think we have success in 2020. michael, the reason we are here is because last year, the problem b was election fraud as bazle just brought up. do you think voters are confidence this is not going to happen again? i think so, if you look at the early voting, only 2% of the ballots that have been accepted came by mail. the vast majority of folks are ....
Which is if you look at the politics of the moment there is real advantage to many republicans to depress minority turn out because minorities, blacks and latinos overwhelmingly vote for democrats. so there is a reason for one political party here to want to disinch franchise voters who support their opponents. jon: charlie doesn t every mythical party if it has control of the state house and the governor s office shall doesn t it do what it can to enhance its political prospects in the state? absolutely. but the important thing to remember here jon is that, you know, if there are legitimate claims of people being suppressed from voting, of people being denied their constitutional right to vote, the department of justice still has ever bit of authority to go in and investigate and take appropriate action. but the notion that somehow that it s an effort to supess legitimate voting by requiring people to present a photo id in order to vote, you need a photo id in order to buy a pack of ....
Enforced in order to vote. he blocked part of the law that requires people without an i.d. to vote by provisional ballot if they provide documentation within six days. he feared that could diseven franchise voters if people couldn t come up with the proof. he s also concerned about the distribution of id s for voters. he says i question whether sufficient time remains. i expected more photo i.d. s to be issued at this time. in the remaining five weeks before the general election the gap between the photo id s issued and the estimated need will not be closed. opponents charged the law was aimed at minorities and the elderly from voting. supporters say that is not true it could help stop voter fraud. out of more than 8 million voters in pennsylvania the state has said about 759,000 don t have a voter i.d. of those just over 1 1/2%, only 12,000 people have received one, or have even asked for that, they are being issued at a rate of about 200 a day. ....