Testimony Concludes in South Carolina Double Murder Trial of Alex Murdaugh
(MENAFN) Testimony in the trial of Alex Murdaugh, who is charged with the double murder of his wife Maggie Murdaugh and son Paul Murdaugh, concluded on Tuesday in South Carolina. The court is set to take jurors to the scene of the crime on Wednesday. The defense requested that jurors ride 40 minutes to see the property where the Murdaugh family lived, and the judge agreed.
During the trial, Murdaugh's former law partner Ronnie Crosby testified and had a testy exchange with defense attorney Dick Harpootlian. Prosecutors used Crosby's testimony to argue that Murdaugh killed his wife and son to cover up the millions of dollars he stole from clients and his family's law firm, which he founded more than a century ago. Harpootlian questioned Crosby about the effects of trauma on memory and used this to question the validity of Murdaugh's inconsistent statements to the police.
Prosecutors brought back to the stand the pathologist who conducted the autopsies and their expert who studied the crime scene. The defense used their own experts to suggest that there were two shooters, based on the victims' phones stopping usage within seconds of each other and their hands being down.
Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to the murder charges and is awaiting trial on around 100 other charges related to financial crimes. He has been disbarred and admitted to stealing millions of dollars on the stand last week. The prosecution contends that Murdaugh killed his wife and son to cover up his crimes.
In conclusion, the South Carolina double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh saw the conclusion of testimony on Tuesday, with jurors set to visit the crime scene on Wednesday. The prosecution has used various witnesses and experts to argue that Murdaugh killed his family members to cover up his theft of millions of dollars from clients and his family's law firm. The defense has used its own experts to suggest that there were two shooters. Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is awaiting trial on around 100 other charges related to financial crimes.
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