This case is being kept pretty quiet, no major details released to speak of (other than it does say there were two different guns used), but no info regarding who found them, who called 911, very little else.
Of interest, the grandfather died just a few days after these murders and it sounds as if he was ill from various articles so probably not unexpected. I think of the typical motives, did grandpa have a big estate? How big in the overall family of grandpa's on down? They sound like a pretty well known family and a powerful one in their state, more on that in the article.
I'm pretty sure in that case it's because they were sequestered for weeks and while being placed in a nice hotel, all they got to do was watch other people enjoying the amenities and could not themselves. They were stuck with each other for weeks and away from their life as they knew it. They just found a verdict they could agree on quickly, probably knowing at least one that would not budge off of not guilty. They just wanted to go home.
I'm pretty sure in that case it's because they were sequestered for weeks and while being placed in a nice hotel, all they got to do was watch other people enjoying the amenities and could not themselves. They were stuck with each other for weeks and away from their life as they knew it. They just found a verdict they could agree on quickly, probably knowing at least one that would not budge off of not guilty. They just wanted to go home.
Except for the one who was discharged? I am surprised, but I agree the jury just wanted to go home.
Anyone think there may be grounds for appeal? The dismissed juror possibly could be grounds. Plus the fact he was not allowed to take the fifth on selected questions. Maybe also too much emphasis on his alleged financial crimes which had not been tried yet.
I don't think we have heard the last of him anyway.
The jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding Murdaugh guilty of two counts of murder Thursday.
www.fox5atlanta.com
"Alex Murdaugh, 54, had told police repeatedly after the killings that he was not at the kennels and was instead napping before he went to visit his ailing mother that night. Murdaugh called 911 and said he discovered the bodies when he returned home.
But in his testimony, Murdaugh admitted joining Maggie and Paul at the kennels, where he said he took a chicken away from a rowdy yellow Labrador named Bubba — whose name Murdaugh can be heard saying on the video — before heading back to the house shortly ahead of the fatal shootings.
Murdaugh lied about being at the kennels for 20 months before taking the stand on the 23rd day of his trial. He blamed his decadeslong addiction to opioids for making him paranoid, creating a distrust of police. He said that once he went down that path, he felt trapped in the lie.
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave. Once I told a lie — I told my family — I had to keep lying," he testified."
"Murdaugh’s lawyers will almost certainly appeal the conviction based on the judge allowing evidence of the financial crimes, which they contend were unrelated to the killings and were used by prosecutors to smear Murdaugh’s reputation."
'Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive,' is a very ‘Shakespearean’ phrase, however, it is not from Shakespeare. It comes from an
So this is something I don't quite understand. Did LE not take all the brain and skull fragments for the autopsy? Also, Dr. Riemer regrets not checking the deceased's brain for pellets. It seems like she may not have had all his of his brain and skull. According to JMM testimony (in the Independent article below), LE released the crime scene but left brain matter and skull fragments at the scene. LE also stated incorrectly that AM's shirt was covered in blood spatter.
Avery G. Wilks @AveryGWilks · 28 Feb Harpootlian establishes that Dr. Riemer didn’t take X-rays of Paul's brain, which could feasibly still have pellets in it. Riemer: “I determined that wasn’t necessary.” H: “To support your conclusion.” R: “I guess hindsight is 20/20.” She says she wishes she had.
Casey Anthony's murder trial began today with the court rejecting motions to throw out certain evidence and to toss an entire pool of 100 potential jurors.
