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>> joy, whats interesting about hearing from buster murdaugh, and a video playing such a crucial role, whether or not alex murdaugh, it will be interesting to see what the jury believes, alex murdaugh saying i did them so bad, this turned out to be an important piece. >> the theory was that this was a confession. thats why the prosecution was adopting as the notion to introduce this. that he was saying on the video i did them so bad. you have to bring his son into say, no, he said they did him s...

The kolcolliten county courthou is a not a fall from grace, but a jump from grace. >> and he did reference when talking to the beginning of the sentencing, he said that you have no obligation to say anything other than not guilty and i would not expect a confession, but in terms of the appeal, how do you see that playing out? >> there is an appealable issue, and that is a large one whether the judge should allow the financial issues, and whether it

To the prosecution. that will potentially be the basis of appeal. abusive discretion by letting so much of the financials in, etc. but i this i the jury verdict bears him out. his demeanor and the way it was conducted and the fact we all got to sight, right? it was televised. it is not only a win down there, it is a win for the american justice system. we should feel good about it. >> bill: his son was brian newman died january 7th with a blood clot in his heart just to follow up on treys commen...

>> im somebody thats prosecuted and defended a bunch of death penalty cases. clearly newover do it in a circumstantial case. because 9 times out of 100, a jury is not going to sentence somebody to death without a confession or great forensic evidence at the minimum. they had none of that here. second ly n a death penalty cas, it gives us the ability to individually voir dire jurors. the prosecution obviously didnt want that. so i dont disagree with -- if i had been prosecuting this case, i proba...

>> so that was the key moment. mark omara, how important -- i dont know if we will ever get an answer from the jury about whether they thought of that moment. but how important was that piece of video, you think? >> i will tell you the truth. i thought that was a weak moment for state to try and present that as a confession. now a freudian slip confession possibly, but i dont think they should have really focused on that as being some massive confession of him, because quite honestly, there is a...

Dog manure? >> yeah. spraying dog poop. >> and it sprays out? >> you have to spray it, make sure its all out of there, spray to it the back. >> thank you. thats all i have, your honor. >> joey, whats interesting about hearing from buster murdaugh, and again video playing such a crucial role, whether or not alex murdaugh, it will be interesting to see whether the jury believed that alex murdaugh was saying "i did them so bad" or if this turned out to be an important piece. >> listen, the theory w...

Throughout the time leading from the time of— throughout the time leading from the time of the indictment and prior, to this moment in time, certainly you have _ this moment in time, certainly you have no— this moment in time, certainly you have no obligation to say anything other— have no obligation to say anything other than— have no obligation to say anything other than saying not guilty. and obviously— other than saying not guilty. and obviously appeals are probably expected, or ab...

Uncovered. he was caught lying to investigators and a jury found him guilty on all charges. sentencing begins tomorrow morning. murdaugh faces 30 to life in prison without parole. im joined now by katie fang, former prosecutor and emerson host of the katie phang show. this was a captivating case. it read like a john grisham novel. the dog channel, the site of the murder and the hunting ground of this sort of like old southern family. but fundamentally, were you surprised, given there was no spec...

Our senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett, joins me. laura, did the prosecution accomplish what it set out to do? >> lester, this really is a circumstantial case the prosecution doesnt have murder weapons, doesnt have bloody clothes or a confession, so instead the strategy is to persuade the jury that hes guilty with a time line that places murdaugh at the scene of the crime just minutes before the murder his past lies about that very time line caught on tape, some of the most compelling evi...

A man and woman have been sentenced to prison on manslaughter charges in connection to the death of a Windsor Locks man several years ago. Police said...