AISHAH.
AISHAH: OKAY, CHARLES WATSON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, GRIFF.
GRIFF: FOR MORE ON THIS STORY
AND WHERE THE TRIAL IS HEADED
WE’RE JOINED BY ATTORNEY BRIAN
CLAYPOOL.
BRIAN, THIS REALLY CAPTIVATED
US.
OUR ENTIRE NEWS ROOM WAS
WATCHING THIS TESTIMONY, IT’S
SO UNUSUAL THAT MAN IN HIS
SITUATION WOULD EVEN TAKE THE
STAND, BUT YET, THE FAMILIARITY
WITH, YOU KNOW, THE NICKNAMES
FOR HIS DECEASED SON,
PAUL-PAUL, IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE
HE WAS JUST TRYING TO REACH AT
LEAST ONE JUROR AND SOMEHOW
CONNECT.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, IT’S A
TOUGH ONE FOR YOU, I WANT TO
PUT YOU IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
THE JURY RIGHT NOW.
HOW ARE THEY REACTING TO THIS.
>> GRIFF, GREAT TO BE BACK WITH
YOU.
I’LL TELL YOU UP UNTIL MURDAUGH
TOOK THE STAND AT MAYBE GETTING
A HUNG JURY, MAYBE ONE OR TWO
JURORS OUT THERE FOR THE LACK
OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE.
WHEN HE TOOK THE STAND, I THINK
IT WAS A COLOSSAL MISTAKE ON
THE DEFENSE’S STANDPOINT.
HE HAD TO PICK A POISON.
WHAT DO I’M BY THAT?
>> HE HAS TO REFUTE THE VIDEO
WITH THE KENNEL.
HE COULD HAVE BROUGHT IN A
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST SOMEBODY
HE TALKED TO AND SAID, LOOK,
THE TRAUMA OF THE SHOOTING
CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN INNOCENT
MISRECOLLECTION OF WHAT
HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF THE
SHOOTING.
THAT WOULD HAVE INSULATED HIM
FROM HAVING TO GO IN FRONT OF
THE JURY AND LOOK LIKE A FOOL
FOR TWO DAYS.
INSTEAD HE WENT INTO THAT
COURTROOM AND TRIED TO
PATRONIZE THAT JURY.
THIS WAS NOT A MAN THAT HAD ANY
HUMAN EMOTION IN MY OPINION.
I’VE DONE A LOT OF JURY TRIALS.
THAT WAS A GUY UP THERE, THAT
WAS A LAWYER GOING TOE TO TOE
WITH ANOTHER LAWYER.
THAT WAS NOT A GRIEF STRICKEN
FATHER AND GRIEF STAKEN
HUSBAND.
I THINK IT WAS DEVASTATING FOR
HIM.
GRIFF: WHEN HE MUST HAVE
THOUGHT HE COULD GET SYMPATHY
FROM THE JURY TALKING ABOUT
SOME 60 OXYCODONE PILLS A DAY,
BUT AS YOU POINT OUT HE HAD
QUITE AN ADEPT LEGAL MEMORY
WHEN IT CAME TO KEY POINTS.
I WANT TO PLAY ONE MOMENT THE
PROSECUTION SORTS TO BELIEVE IT
WAS THE SORT OF GOTCHA MOMENT.
WATCH THIS.
>> WERE YOU, IN FACT, AT THE
KENNELS AT 8:44 P.M. ON THE
NIGHT MAGGIE AND PAUL WERE
MURDERED?
>> I WAS.
>> DID YOU LIE TO AGENT OWN AND
DEPUTY LAURA RUTLAND ON THE
NIGHT OF JUNE 7TH AND TOLD THEM
THAT YOU STAYED AT THE HOUSE
AFTER DINNER.
>> I DID LIE TO.
GRIFF: WAS THAT, BRIAN, THE
GOTCHA MOMENT THAT THE
PROSECUTION HOPED IT WOULD BE?
>> ABSOLUTELY, GRIFF.
THE THOUSAND POUND GORILLA IN
THIS COURTROOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN
MURDAUGH LIED.
HE LIED TO INVESTIGATORS, BUT
HE’S REMEMBERING EVERYTHING
ELSE AND THIS IS THE SAME GUY
WHO OPENED HIMSELF UP ON CROSS
EXAM, GRIFF, TO TALK ABOUT ALL
OF THOSE INNOCENT AND LOVING
CLIENTS AND FRIENDS WHO HE
HOODWINKED, WHO HE STOLE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM.
SO, PUT YOURSELF IN THE JURY’S
SHOES, GRIFF.
THEY’RE OUT THERE HEARING THIS
GUY SAY, YEAH, I LIE, I STOLE,
I CHEATED FROM PEOPLE WHO I
LOVED AND CARED ABOUT, WHY
CAN’T THE JURY GO BACK IN THE
DELIBERATION ROOM.
HEY IF YOU’RE ABLE TO DO TO
FRIENDS YOU LOVE AND CARE
ABOUT, YOU CAN SURELY KILL YOUR
WIFE AND HUSBAND BECAUSE YOU’RE
A LUNATIC DRUG ADDICT, YOU’RE
UNHINGED AND YOU’RE A TRAIN
WRECK.
SO THIS WAS A DISASTER FOR
MURDAUGH.
GRIFF: WE SHALL SEE WHAT THE