we ll leave that at that. before announcing sentence on these cases with regard to all of the other pending cases, are any of them here in kco collite? i believe some of them are, and have been in buford and other places. we may have worn out our welcome here. and i will thank all of the sheriff s office, and i know that mr. harpootlian has sacrificed many, many things, and to have the attorney general here, mr. alan wilson, to be here along with everyone else, it has been quite a sacrifice, but there are other victims whose cases deserve to be heard. and this case has jumped some of those other cases, perhaps jumped it because of the case assaulting the integrity of the judicial integrity of our state, and even in this trial, the law enforcement have been maligned for the past five or six weeks by one who had access to the wheel of justice to be able to deflect the investigation and as the evidence has pointed out in this case, looming storm that mr. waters talked about.
murdaugh which wrapped up a short time ago, and the judge sentenced the disgraced attorney to two consecutive life sentences for the mirder of his w wife maggie and his son paul. i will tell you again, and i respect this court, and i am innocent. i would never again under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie or hurt my son paw-paw. and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster that you have become when you take 10, 20, 50, 60 opioid pills that you become another person. this is all one day after the jury convicted murdaugh on four murder charges. it took just three hours. we will go out to dianne gallagher. walk us through what happened in court this morning. it was incredibly remarkable to hear from judge clifton newman reflecting in a measured way talking about this these crimes that murdaugh has been convicted of, but also the person that he saw hymn become. amara, we have talked for so long why this particular case is capturing nation, and it is
And i m going to try to get there. but not all are this rough. you sort of go into the survival mode and keep mesh physical presence. that is something. thank you for that report. thank you all for joining us today and this week. i mer are i ka hill. i m jim sciutto, and amara walker stars right now. this is cnn breaking news. hello, everyone. welcome, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan, and we begin this hour with the sentencing of alec