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Greed
Those “experts” probably should stay quiet going forward as they seem to have gotten this one 100% wrong. Less than 3 hours for a guilty verdict means it was a no brainer for the jury.
lunch had been had and omelette's were off the table for dinner.
How so? Why kill the son?
I see what you did there. Nicely played, very nicely played.
"Slipped and fell" then Murdaugh collected a recently signed multi million dollar insurance claim.
Son's high profile boating DWI that killed someone resulted in a lot of unwelcome attention on Dad's business dealings (i.e. embezzlement/stealing) and shady lawyer practices. Argument was the murders brought those financial investigations to a stand still, what the dude hoped to gain beyond time, who knows in his twisted, narcissist and sociopathic brain?
Yep. That was when the "muster the votes to kick Snyder out of the league" talk began to get serious.
The media is usually required to follow a "horserace" line of reporting, wherein either side might win, it's mighty close, It may come right down to the wire, they're rounding the final turn, and IT'S A HORSERACE! They spend less on-air time and print space on just reporting. The owners want the views, the reporters are instructed accordingly. That's why people thought it was questionable.
Glad they were wrong
“He was a good ol country boy!”
In the South, he might have been called A Good Ole Boy, nobody from the country would call him country.
Yes there is a shirt available for sale by somebody. I wouldn't buy it or promote but I'd be lying if I told you I didn't grin a little when I first saw it.
after a case like this, it does seem important to remember that innocent people are indeed prosecuted. this system certainly isnt perfect, but I haven’t seen a better one (in theory).
I was going to post the same thing.....I was on the fence (not really) but his insistent use of the nickname "Paw Paw" to refer to his almost-adult-aged, murdered son was infuriating
I have to say, that judge was remarkably calm and direct with his entire speech. You could hear the anger and disappointment in his words but his voice never changed above a normal conversational tone. I remember all the times my parents would speak to me about crap I messed up on growing up and I couldn't image them being that calm and well-spoken, while at the same time absolutely ripping me a new one.
Yes, he wanted everyone to think he had enemies that were after him and his family.
yeah, i think in the Netflix documentary they reference that the family was known to have a gun that fired the bullets which killed either wife or son, but somehow the gun was never turned over to authorities and went missing.
It was the murdered son’s favorite rifle
Like all things in this case, there’s a story with the gun. Originally they bought two 300 Blackout rifles, one for each boy. Paul was notoriously bd about leaving weapons lying around or just leaving them and supposedly left his someplace, never to be seen again. Then his mom, apparently unbeknownst to AleX, bought Paul another .300 Blackout to replace the one he lost (proven by entry in Maggie’s checkbook). I believe it was this rifle that ultimately killed her ironically enough. They were able to prove that by comparing ballistics on shell casings from the murder scene to casing found in the gun room and getting a match. The only reason they knew to look there was because one of Paul’s friends who testified (can’t remember which one) and Paul were shooting his rifle last fall and he told the police about it prompting them to collect the casings.
Update?
Defending the factually guilty is very easy. My job is to make sure their rights are complied with and their outcomes are reasonable and lawful.
I was in a separate trial (litigation support role) with the attorney (Joe Friedberg) for Moe Williams during the Love Boat saga. His defense was Moe couldn't have had a lap dance since he was standing the whole time and thus had no lap. Still cracks me up to this day. Joe is one of the funniest guys I have ever met in the legal industry.
