WE
WE'LL
WE'LL BREAKDOWN THOSE KEY MOMENTS--WITH TRIAL ANALYST LORI
On
On June
On June seventh.....i wasn
On June seventh.....i wasn't thinking clearly....i don
On June seventh.....i wasn't thinking clearly....i don't
think i was capable. And i lied
about being down there. And I
think i was capable. And i lied about being down there. And I'm
so sorry that I did."
ALEX MURDAUGH GOING AGAINST THE
ADVISE OF HIS ATTORNEYS AND
TAKING THE STAND THURSDAY IN THE
TRIAL WHERE HE
TAKING THE STAND THURSDAY IN THE TRIAL WHERE HE'S ACCUSED OF
KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME--
ADMITTING HE LIED TO
INVESTIGATORS ABOUT HIS
AND
AND HERE
AND HERE TO HELP RECAP IS OUR OWN HAYLEY SPITLER MORAN ASHLEY WHILE ON THE STAND THURSDAY ALEX
ADMITTED HE WAS ABUSING OPIOIDS
AND PARANOID BECAUSE OF IT IT
WAS BECAUSE OF THAT PARANOIA HE
TOLD INVESTIGATORS TIME AND TIME
AGAIN HE WAS NEVER AT THE
KENNELS THAT NIGHT A REPORTER
GRACE RUNKEL WAS IN THE
COURTROOM YESTERDAY AND SHE SAYS
JURORS WERE ON THE EDGE OF THEIR
SEATS DURING HIS TESTIMONY AND
TESTIMONY WHERE HE ADMITTED TO
MORE THAN JUST LYING AND USING
DRUGS BUT ALSO STEALING. AND
HERE TO OFFER HER EXPERT INSIGHT
IS OUR TRIAL ANALYST ATTORNEY
LAURIE MARIE LAURIE WE HAVE A
LOT TO DISCUSS LET'S START WITH
ALEC TAKING A STAND AGAINST HIS
ATTORNEY'S ADVICE DID THAT
SURPRISE YOU I KNOW YOU DID HAVE
A COUPLE SOURCES TELL YOU THAT
HE WAS GOING TO. SAY NO I WASN'T
REALLY SURPRISED THAT HE TOOK
THE STAND BECAUSE OF THOSE
SOURCES AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE
I THINK THEY TRIED TO MAKE IT
SOUND LIKE IT WAS AGAINST THEIR
ADVICE BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE
WAS AGAINST THEIR PRICE THAT.
YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT ON THE
RECORD YESTERDAY THAT THE
JUDGE'S RULING REGARDING THE BAD
ACT EVIDENCE IN THE- FINANCIAL
CRIMES COMING IN. MADE THEM
CHANGE THEIR MIND AS TO WHETHER
AND HOW TO ADVISE THEIR CLIENT
OR WHETHER HE SHOULD TESTIFY.
AND THAT ACTUALLY IS REALLY JUST
SET UP AN APPEALS DIDN'T INVENT
IT PARTLY INTO SET UP GROUNDS
FOR APPEAL BECAUSE IN AN APPEAL.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT IT CHANGED
THE OUTCOME OR THE TRACE OF THE
TRIAL. THEN QUICKLY ON THE STAND
ALEX ADMITTED TO LYING SAYING HE
WISE AT THE DOG HAD ON THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDER WERE YOU EXPECTING
HIM TO OWN THIS AND OWN IT AS
QUICKLY AS HE DID- THE KEY HAD
TO. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO
REASON TO TAKE THE STAND HE WAS
NOT GOING TO OWN IT AND ACTUALLY
OWNING EVERYTHING WAS THE BEST
THING THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE
YESTERDAY. YES I THINK HE SEEMS
TO BE ON AT ALL THE OPIOID
ADDICTION OF FINANCIAL CRIMES
BEING AT THE KENNEL IS THIS A
GOOD STRATEGY. I MEAN IT DOES
SHOW THAT HE CAN BE TRUTHFUL BUT
DO YOU THINK IT ALSO CAN SHOW
THAT HE'S CAPABLE OF LYING AND
DECEIT. WELL I THINK IT'S
DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE THAT YOU
LISTEN TO IT OBVIOUSLY THE-
STATE IS GOING TO SAY LOOK HE
LIED TO EVERYBODY INCLUDING HIS
BEST FRIENDS INCLUDING. THE
PEOPLE THAT HE'S GROWN UP WITH
INCLUDING HIS CLIENTS WHO
TRUSTED ANYBODY EVERYBODY HAVING
NO HE'S NOT LYING TO YOU. BUT AS
YOU SAID IT AND ALSO FOR THE
DEFENSE B. THE ARGUMENT. LOOK
YOU KNOW HE DID LIVE AND HE
ADMITS ALL OF THAT HE MISSED
EVERY FINANCIAL CRIME EVEN TAKES
THE BLANK RUSSELL LOOK BEAT THE
BANKER. WHO'S ALREADY BEEN
CONVICTED HE ADMITS EVERYTHING.
BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE KILLING HIS
WIFE AND CHILD SO WHAT HE'S
GONNA MEET ALL THAT THAT'S GOING
TO PUT HIM IN PRISON FOR A LONG
TIME. WHAT I JUST ADMIT THAT HE
KILLED HIS WIFE AND CHILD. OKAY
EXAMINATION DID START YESTERDAY
SO FAR HOW DO YOU THINK
CREIGHTON WATERS IS DOING. I
THINK IT WAS A SNEEZE THIS.
THINK THAT- WE YOU KNOW I.
TWEETED OUT RIGHT BEFORE HE WAS.
COMING IN A CROSS EXAMINE HIM
THAT. YOU KNOW THAT L. PROBABLY
HYPERVENTILATING WAITING ON THEM
WHAT IS GETTING READY TO COME.
AND THAT IT WAS CREIGHTON'S JOB
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN ALL
THAT DOWN. THAT ANGER THAT HE
FEELS. AND INSTEAD OF COMING OUT
SWINGING AND HE CAME OUT IN A
WET PAPER BAG HE REALLY WAS.
QUITE BORING THE FINANCIAL
CRIMES GOT MONOTONOUS AND
TEDIOUS. AND ELLAND ROAD EXIT
MEETING EVERY SINGLE PIECE THAT
YOU BRING IT UP. AND SO IT JUST
FOR THE JURY AND FOR EVERYBODY
WAS WATCHING NOTHING. WAS KIND
OF LIKE WHY ARE YOU BEATING A
DEAD HORSE LET'S MOVE ON LET'S
GET TO THE NIGHT IS GETS THE
NEED IN THIS CASE. DO YOU THINK
I CAN ALSO HELP ALEC AS FAR AS
EMOTIONS GO FOR THE JURY I MEAN
HE IS ADMITTING TO EVERYTHING AS
YOU JUST SAID IT. IT ALMOST
COMES OFF BEATING A DEAD HORSE
YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA WORK TO
HIS ADVANTAGE. ABSOLUTELY I DO
NOT THINK THAT THEY REALLY HE HE
SHOULD SO MUCH OPPRESSION YES
RIGHT. AND I REALLY DO THINK
THAT IT RESONATED WITH THE JURY
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. THERE
WERE TWO JURORS WERE CRYING
YESTERDAY AND ONE OF THEM HIT
HIM LOTS OF TISSUE- SO HE IS
LITERALLY PROBABLY THREE FEET
AWAY FROM THIS JURY IS LOOKING
RIGHT AT THEM AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH THEM. WHICH IS
WHAT HE KNOWS TO TRAIN HIS
WITNESSES TO DO. SO HE'S DONE A
FANTASTIC JOB OF IT I. YOU KNOW
HE REALLY HAS COME UP IS
SYMPATHETIC. SO FAR. I KNOW YOU
SAID YESTERDAY MORNING BEFORE WE
CHATTED RIGHT NOW YOU SAID YOU
WOULD NOT ADVISE ALEC TO TAKE
THE STAND IF YOU WERE HIS
ATTORNEY. AFTER DAY ONE OF HIS
TESTIMONY WHERE DO YOU STAND ON
THAT. AFTER DAY ONE I WAS. WELL
THEY MADE THE RIGHT DECISION BUT
AGAIN. THE STATE CAME OUT. NOT
SWINGING THEY CAME OUT THEY SAW
BECAUSE- THEY WANTED TO PROVE
THESE LAND ALL THEY'VE DONE IS
GOTTEN INTO THE BAD ACT
EVIDENCE. WE STILL HAVE ALL OF
THAT ON STAR INFORMATION TO GET
TO ALL OF THIS OUT ABOUT IT TOO.
AND I'M GONNA BET YOU'RE GONNA
SEE A LITTLE BIT HARSHER. MORE
POINTED QUESTIONS HIM TODAY SAID
THIS IS WHAT WILL DECIDE WHETHER
IT WAS A GOOD DECISION FOR HIM
TO TESTIFY. DID ANYTHING ELSE
STAND OUT TO YOU YESTERDAY OR IS
THERE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY AND
I. JUST MENTION A FEW THINGS
THAT YOU'RE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
TODAY. AND TODAY. LOOKING FOR
HIM TO ACTUALLY REALLY DIG INTO
IT AND SEE HOW ELLEN RIGHT EYE
CANDLES THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THAT WERE. ASKED
YESTERDAY LIKE RINSES THAT. DOES
IT THAT'S NEVER ASKED HIM. WHY
DIDN'T IS BY LOOKING TO THE
KENNELS. WHEN EVERYBODY'S
TESTIFYING THAT YOU TAKE YOUR
PHONE EVERYWHERE. THERE WERE A
LOT OF THINGS THAT WORK ASKED
YESTERDAY SO I'M LOOKING FOR
SOME ANSWERS. LOOKING FOR CRAIG
WATERS ACTUALLY PICK UP ON THOSE
THINGS. AND HIT HIM WITH THOSE
THINGS TOO. ALL RIGHT WELL THANK
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