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This. >> right. bu whod has donet, judge, i agree: i think that theres going to be one person who might say, i dont know. i mean, there are plenty of. reasons from what i understandhe ,you hate this family and to b hate more than just him and to m be so mad at that kid who wasgi. driving the boat and killed that girl. i mean, dohink tha i think that. happened? no, i think that he killedi these people. but actually ,thin i think the prosecutors plan was to be,i wi okay, im going to show this, tha...

Tangled web we weave. and i never bothered to tell law enforcement or anybody else that this was a lie. he says until yesterday. but i anticipate after lunch that well get more into that. because that is the meat that the prosecution has to continue reminding the jury that up until yesterday, everybody who testified, no matter how close they were with him, what great relationship or nickname they had, alex murdaugh had told him that he was not at the kennels. >> yeah, a really important point. j...

Covering up, those are things common to someone who is an addict. and that is just a fact. i know because ive been around it personally and professionally. but, you know, i think that it was a mistake to go there because i think that i explained himself very well. i think that he humanized himself with the second part of why i put a client up on the stand is to spra explain facts. waters doesnt even know what he is wanting from alex murdaugh and then he is surprised by the answer and then he get...

His wife, right? he tried to humble himself and kind of connect with the jury by saying, look, im a broken man. im an addict. maybe like lots of people in your families, and i made lots of mistakes because of that, but i didnt make this mistake. and i think he also tried to plant a seed that there was somebody else who could have done this. and you know, hes clearly really experienced and hes got his list of goals and he keeps coming back to them, and yet, i dont really think hes been helping hi...

Provocation to you, isnt it, mr. murdaugh? >> what do you mean by an extraordinary provocation? >> it affects you deeply? its your biggest concern, is it not? >> no, thats not my biggest concern. >> youre a middle abled man, like me. >> im 54 years old. im not sure. you look like youre in better shape than me, so, i dont know. >> i was a couple of years behind you in law school, but we never knew each other, did we? >> i never knew you, no, sir. >> youve had a very successful career up until thi...

Successful career, is that what youre saying? >> no, thats not a successful career. when you -- >> okay. i -- >> let me just -- >> go ahead. >> you know, it may have been what you perceive as a successful career. but, you know, i was the one who was fighting that. you dont have a very high self-esteem when youre an addict. so i dont deem myself a success. >> would you agree that at least outwardly you were perceived as successful? >> i made a bunch of money, if thats what you want to get at. >> ...

That was fighting that. you dont have a very high self-esteem when youre an addict. i dont deem myself a success. >> would you agree that outwardly you were perceived as successful? >> i made a bunch of money, if thats what youre wanting to get at. >> no. im asking about the perception. you were perceived as a prominent powerful lawyer. >> i tried to be. >> you were president of the trial lawyers -- >> i tried to be. >> lived a life of possessing authority? >> possessing authority? >> yeah. we s...

Im not sure -- you look like youre in better shape than me. i dont know. >> i was a couple years behind you in law school but we never knew each other, did we? >> i never knew you, no, sir. >> had a very successful career up until this point? simple question. >> and the answer to that is no, mr. waters. i was an addict for more than 20 years. >> all right. so making millions of dollars over a decade is not having a successful career? is that what youre going to tell the jury? >> no, its not a su...

In terms of whether they believe the sky. his son did not do him any favors because unlike the testimony you saw there, his son was extremely stop at almost to detach throughout this entire testimony. he needed to make a strong rally to try to connect with that jury and thats what you see him do. again, at the end of the day the question becomes is there one? >> avery, the prosecution does not want you to see some sympathetics good old southern boy. they want to paint a picture of a cold blooded...

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