>> FEBRUARY REALLY GOING OUT
WITH A BANG THERE, THANK YOU
>>> TURNING NOW TO THE FATE OF
DISGRACED SOUTH CAROLINA LAWYE
ALEX MURDAUGH.
THAT FATE WILL SOON BE I
JURORS' HANDS.
THE DEFENSE IS EXPECTED TO RES
ANY DAY NOW AFTER MURDAUGH
CONCLUDED TWO DAYS ON THE STAND,
MAKING A CASE FOR HIS OW
INNOCENCE IN THE MURDERS OF HI
WIFE AND SON
>> PROSECUTORS ARGUE THE
54-YEAR-OLD HAS SPENT YEAR
ARGUING TO CLIENTS, LAW PARTNERS
AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND STOLE
MONEY TO SUPPORT HIS ADDICTION
TO PAIN KILLERS, IN ADDITION T
CHANGING HIS STORY ON WHERE HE
WAS THE NIGHT OF THE MURDERS
ELLISON BARBER IS OUTSIDE OF THE
COURTHOUSE IN WALTERBORO, SOUT
CAROLINA
AND OUR LEGAL ANALYST, DANNY
CEVALLOS, IS HERE ON SET
ELLISON, WRAP IT UP FOR US
WHAT WERE THE BIG TAKE AWAYS
FROM THE TESTIMONY LAST WEEK
>> Reporter: THE BIGGEST MOMEN
WAS WHEN HE ADMITTED HE LIED
ABOUT HIS ALIBI, NOT JUST FOR
COUPLE WEEKS OR MONTHS BUT
ROUGHLY 20 MONTHS FROM THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDER UNTIL HE ADMITTE
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE STAN
THAT HE WAS AT THE KENNELS, TH
PLACE WHERE MAGGIE AND PAUL WERE
KILLED
ON THE STAND, HE ADMITTED THAT
IT IS HIS VOICE IN THE SNAPCHA
VIDEO PAUL MURDAUGH TOOK THA
NIGHT, SHORTLY BEFORE HE DIED.
PROSECUTORS HAVE USED CELL PHONE
DATA TO TRY AND ESTABLISH A TIME
OF DEATH
BASED ON THE TIME OF THE
SNAPCHAT VIDEO THAT WAS TAKEN AT
THE KENNEL THAT MURDAUGH SAY
WAS HIS VOICE, HE WAS THER
ROUGHLY FOUR MINUTES BEFOR
PROSECUTORS SAY PAUL MURDAUGH'
PHONE LOCKED FOR GOOD WHEN THE
BELIEVE WAS THE TIME HE WA
KILLED
THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE, ALEX
MURDAUGH ADMITTED THAT HE WAS AT
THE KENNEL THAT NIGHT AT A TIM
HE SAID HE WAS NOT THERE
HE SAID YES, I HAVE LIED T
PROSECUTORS.
I HAVE LIED TO FAMILY.
I HAVE LIED TO FRIENDS
I'M A DRUG ADICT AND I HAV
STOLEN FROM CLIENTS BUT HE SAI
I DID NOT KILL MY WIFE AND SON
LISTEN
>> IF I WAS UNDER THE PRESSURE
THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOU HERE, I CAN PROMISE YOU, I WOULD
HERE, I CAN PROMISE YOU, I WOULD
HURT MYSELF BEFORE I WOULD HUR
ONE OF THEM, WITHOUT A DOUBT
>> Reporter: MURDAUGH SAID OTHER
THAN LYING AT THE KENNELS, H
SAID HE WAS COOPERATIVE.
THE PROSECUTION SEEMED SHOCKED
BY THAT SAYING YOU WERE HELPFU
EXCEPT FOR LYING ABOUT THE MOS
IMPORTANT FACT OF ALL.
YOU WERE THERE MINUTES BEFOR
THEY WERE KILLED
THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO TURN TO THE
PROSECUTION.
THEY HONED IN ON HIS ADDICTION
LET'S LISTEN TO TH
CROSS-EXAMINATION AND WE'LL TALK
ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> DID YOU LIE ABOUT THE LAS
>> DID YOU LIE ABOUT THE LAS
TIME YOU SAW YOUR WIFE AND SON
ALIVE?
>> YES
OPIATES GAVE ME ENERGY
MY WHOLE LIFE, YOU WOULD HAV
SEEN ME WHERE I DIDN'T HAV
PILLS ON ME.
I ADMIT CANDIDLY IN ALL OF THESE
CASES THAT I TOOK MONEY THAT WAS
NOT MINE
>> HIS TESTIMONY WAS VER
COMPELLING
DANNY, YOU ARE A PRACTICIN
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
WHAT DO YOU LIKE OF THE DEFENS
STRATEGY HERE?
IS THE JURY SYMPATHETIC TO HIM
>> IT WAS COMPELLING THAT HE
PROBABLY DID IT.
IF HE WAS JUST SOME NEIGHBORHOOD
KID ON THESE FACTS, THE JURY
WOULD INTERRUPT IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE TRIAL AND SAY WE HAVE
VURTH, HE'S GUILTY
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE TESTIMON
HE GAVE, HE OFFERED NO EVIDENC
THAT THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE THERE
BUT HIM MINUTES BEFORE THE
KILLING.
HE LIED ABOUT FINANCIAL CRIMES
BIG DEAL
BUT HE LIED ABOUT BEING THER
MINUTES BEFORE THE CRIME
HE IS A DRUG ADICT
AND HE SAID I PROMISE YOU, I
WOULD NEVER HURT MY WIFE AND
CHILD.
BUT YOUR PROMISE MEANS NOTHING
YOU ARE A MASSIVE LIAR
THE PROSECUTION HAS TO B
FRUSTRATED THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE
AN ABUNDANCE OF EVIDENCE
THEY MUST FEEL LIKE THEY HAV
THIS WON AND YET I STILL HEA
PEOPLE SAYING, OH, HIS
TESTIMONY, JUST BECAUSE HE HAD
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS DOESN'T MEA
HE WOULD KILL HIS WIFE AND SON
IF HE GETS ACQUITTED, THAT IS ON
THE STATE FOR TRYING T
INTRODUCE THE MOTIVE
THEY DON'T NEED A MOTIVE
THAT IS NOT AN ELEMENT OF
CRIME BUT PROSECUTORS FEEL THE
NEED A MOTIVE FOR THE JURY T
HANG ONTO.
THEY CHOSE ONE THAT IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO HANG ONTO.
WHO WOULD KILL THEIR WIFE AN
SON FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES
THEY HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENC