In SC the Judge selects the Foreman I believe based on what the Judge said at the beginning of the trial.
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In SC the Judge selects the Foreman I believe based on what the Judge said at the beginning of the trial.
And in fact the jury selected their own foreman and he had to inform them that he makes the selection. They didn't understand. That was last week I think.
When I've been on a jury before, we were just in a room together (with one of us picked as the foreman/woman) and a sheriff or something just stood outside the door. No one else was in there with us.
Somebody like Alec Murdaugh has to be absolutely convinced that there is no god, no authority, or no ultimate accountability for his actions. Completely convinced that he can lie enough, obfuscate, and aw-shucks his way to getting away with anything. It’s crazy.
I've watched bits and pieces today and he keeps talking in circles and the more he talks the more he digs his hole deeper. This is a great example.
Murdaugh is projecting right now. The boat wreck directly contributed to the murders of PawPaw and Mags
Personally I think Murdaugh is coming across better overall to the jury than Waters. However, he's been on the stand for hours since yesterday and is missing many chances to loudly inject his innocence. Were I on trial for murdering my wife and child, I'd be saying over and over "regardless of things I've forgotten or misstated, and regardless of this fancy technical BS, there's one thing I know for sure -- I did not kill my loved ones".
He just sounded like a Will Ferrell character - "You've got a lot of factors in there Mr Waters, all of which I don't agree with but some of which I do"
Judge Newman selected a foreperson and they were like we already have one - he said no you don't
Yeah the only time I've been selected for a jury, the judge picked me as foreman because I had came from my office and had a shirt and tie on - learned my lesson on that one...
"So you're saying these 5'2" vigilantes knew both Mags and Paw Paw would be at the kennels alone, and you not be there between 8:49 and 9:02 , show up with no weapons, and get their boat wreck justice?"
Waters is slaying this man today.
Waters is slaying this man today.
Courtv’s reporter claiming 2 jurors cried yesterday is being disputed by Fits News and one other person in court.
Alex has been in the a public light for quite awhile now. He has never seemed to me to be a smooth or the least bit of a convincing talker. Nothing about his conduct has seemed to me to be that of an experienced lawyer. Others have said he was a 'devoted father and husband and was loyal to his family'; nothing about his conduct from way before the boat wreck has seemed to be that of a devoted father, husband and loyal to his family. He has seemed to me to be less believable every step of the way than Susan Smith was.
Why in the world would some think it would be hard for this habitual liar, thief, drug abuser, con artist who did not mind dealing with crooked bankers and other crooked lawyers, the guy who rushed in to start a fixit effort for his son after a boating accident, to have killed his wife and his son? What sort of armor does he have that so many see him as better than he obviously is and has been for quite awhile?
What is it about AM that seems to lead some to see positive attributes in his person? Is it because he is rich, prominent in a small SC town, and a lawyer? The whole of the man seems 'off' to me.
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Waters should keep AM on the stand for a week. Griffin is almost there trying to force a fake tear.
Showing remorse only after it's been proven that you're a scumbag is not a positive
On the replacement,300 Blackout missing "so you're saying a 12 yr old stole it for a second time?" Allick"I never said a 12 yr old stole the first sir" "I'm sorry, the 5'2" vigilantes"
I would agree yesterday. Waters has owned him today IMO.
Waters listing all the people AM lied to, AM has ask "Just remind me on that one". Oh lord, this guy is such worthless trash...
Waters has kicked his ass pretty good today.
Nice finish. Debunked AM's theory of why he lied.
Waters has been significantly better today than yesterday. For sure.
An interesting part of the story today was a replay of the interview when Alex states I called 911 right away. Now the whole “he didn’t have time to check pulses etc” theory just took on a little bit of doubt.
An interesting part of the story today was a replay of the interview when Alex states I called 911 right away. Now the whole “he didn’t have time to check pulses etc” theory just took on a little bit of doubt.
Yeah Waters led him right to it and then showed the video of the same lie before any of the "reasons" AM had stated were the reason he "lied".
Not sure if it will matter over the long haul, but how he played AM like a fiddle with that last sound bite made for a helluva dramatic moment.
I would have asked the question, "So you admit to spending your life lying to people over at least the last decade, but the one thing you want this jury to believe is that an unknown 5' 2" social media vigilante was with Maggie, Paul, and you that night?" 🤣
100% hung jury IMO...consistent behavior by Murdaugh throughout the cross examination. Unfortunately, Murdaugh "out lawyered" Waters.
I see a father that did everything to protect his son by then the state claims he blew his brains out. Those don’t add up and without hard evidence that he had a gun in his hands and pulled the trigger, I would be a not guilty verdict. To me half this evidence does nothing to move the needle to he pulled the trigger.
This is not my line of thinking but I wonder if someone on the jury doesn't believe someone could continue to tell the same lie over and over and over again because they themselves wouldn't be able to.
So considering he was there when it happened, had motive, and lied about everything he did that evening, you think he didn't kill them?
Say it ain’t so, you believing in Alex is as certain as the sun rising in the East.
No competent person would say he isn’t guilty.
Don't assume all of the jurors are competent. I just think he did a good enough job to put doubt in at least one of the jurors.
Yes and you want to make a bet that at least one person on that jury feels the same.
You truly believe that Alex Murdaufh didn't kill them? Based on what? There is nothing reasonable about that doubt.
I haven't watched today. Did he actually say there was a 5'-2" vigilante there with them? Or was he speculating that's who did it after he went to the house?
Seems pretty wild. If someone else was there he should have said that all along instead of lying about his alibi.
