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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 a ....
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 minutes in his closing argument. he hit three major points. the first being the fact that alex murdaugh says he didn t do this. he s innocent until proven guilty. the second part there is the proof beyond a reasonable doubt. we re talking about guilt. that s something we opportunitied griffin to talk about today. because the defense has sort of been trying to create that reasonable doubt, point out circumstantial evidence that doesn t necessarily directly focus on alex murdaugh. throughout the entire trial. ....