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Afternoon, you will be making one of the most consequential decisions you will have ever made in your life, i suspect. i dont know all your backgrounds but it will be a very consequential decision. if the proof the state has put before you causes you to hesitate when you go to fill out that vote as you are deliberating in your jury room. each of you will have a vote. you will have the right to vote guilty or not guilty. each of you will write it down. if there is any reasonable cause for you to ...

But you have to get 3/4 of the way there. now proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the highest standard of proof the law recognizes and it is -- you have to tilt the scales all the way to one side in order for the state to meet their burden. now a little bit about the verdict. you will have an option of guilty or not guilty. my friend over here travels a lot. he has been to a lot of countries and he frequently -- recently returned from scotland where he attended a jury trial in scotland. he tells ...

>> -- going to take a short break for about ten minutes. please do not discuss the case. >> all right, everybody. we are in a break right now. were going to bring in joyce vance here. and joyce, basically what we have been talking about, hearing from the defense is saying this is the theory of their case, that he had all these things crashing down and he decided to gun down his wife and son who he loved so much. talk to us about what theyre hammering here, in addition to how high the burden of p...

I want to play this sound and then i want your response. >> on behalf of alex, on behalf of buster, behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend, paul, i respectfully you do not compound a family tragedy with another. >> trace: they are in recess, by the way. mark, if we have you, im curious to find out if you believe that, you know, you can go in there and say look, you have to give this family a break. theyve been through so much. thats not really a defense. >> you can say whatever you want on ...

We have forensics, snap chats, phones that are putting him, his position, where hes going, whether he is pacing, 283 steps at the time immediately after the murder. weve got a lot of evidence that implicates him. this is not a burden of proof beyond all doubt. this is a burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. a doubt for which you have a reason. that is not beyond all doubt. i submit that there is significant proof of guilt here that meets that standard. whether or not theres a juror who like...

Derive our laws from, they are given three options. one option is guilty. second option is not guilty. third option is not proven. not proven. now here in america we have combined the verdict of innocent and not proven into one of not guilty. so when you go to render your verdict, if it is a verdict of not guilty, it is either you concluded that the defendant is innocent of the charges or that the government has not met their burden of proof. their heavy burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt...

Want to say all of that. but our burdens only reasonable doubt. >> reporter: prosecutor john meters passionately reminding the jury of the states position. alex murdaugh cant be trusted. >> the only thing they corroborated for you throughout the investigation, throughout the trial and throughout mr. waters cross-examination is these a liar. >> reporter: those final arguments coming after judge clifton newman dismissed a juror thursday morning for discussing the case with at least three other peo...

Quail pen, the angle puts it pretty far away from the door of the feed room, where paul is killed. but it is not our burden, not our burden. it is their burden to prove to you based on circumstantial evidence that all circumstances are consistent and point conclusively to the defendants guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and those facts are not consistent, just not consistent. wont say a word about condition of paul and maggie, particularly paul. not going to show any photos. i think you would agre...

Everyone know in court of law only evidence and burden of proof matter, not gossip, inyou endoor theory layered on top of speculation. you can let the state know they dont get to obtain indictment and bring before you case built on theory, speculation. there are two words that justice demands in this case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case is to follow the law. to follow the constitution. and hold the government to the burden of proof. it requires the verdic...

0 work, your family, your personal obligations, maybe some of you missed vacations. but youve been here in a three-week trial and here we are at the end of six weeks. i want to thank you personally and on behalf of all of us and especially on behalf of alex murdaugh. in his opening statement it was explained the law governing your service requires each of you to engage in an unnatural task. in every criminal case, jurors are required to begin the process by presuming the defendant innocent. in t...