guilty verdict. signed by the forelady, 3/2/23. we had no doubt that we had a chance to present our case in a court of law they would see through the one last con that alex murdaugh was trying to pull and they did and we are so grateful for that. prosecution team in south carolina feeling good this morning. they got that verdict in just about three hours. now we are waiting for them to be back in the courtroom this morning because the sentencing hearing will be underway. good morning. alex murdaugh has been found guilty on all counts in the double monitored of his own wife and son. we will find out if he is going to get life in prison. the attorney general is going to join us lufb as the judge is preparing to sentence murdaugh. emotions high in east palestine east palestine last night demanding to be relocated after last month s toxic train derailment. two families brought together by tragedy. the parents of television journalist and 9-year-old girl killed in last wee
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outside the courthouse. we have seen this each morning starting around 4:00 a.m., sometimes earlier, because of all of the different interests around the entire country, especially here in the lowcountry in this case. this is a day that i talked to some of those trial watchers who showed up every day. they wanted to see, many of them surprised the jury came back with a verdict so quickly. interested to see how judge clifton newman delivers this sentence. alex murdaugh facing between 30 years and life in prison on those murder charges. he does have a reputation for giving stiff sentences. we anticipate hearing victim impact statements. the attorneys will make their cases on what the sentencing should be and then alex murdaugh will go to prison for the death, the murders of his wife and his son. we don t know who is going to be in the courtroom, whether or not we are going to see his son buster again, how that is going to sort of work out with the murdaugh family. but we anticipate all o
was a glock, automatic weapon that was used. with that in consideration, does that meet the standard? yes, it does. there was sufficient supporting evidence as to cruelty with respect to the homicide. what that means, of course, ultimately is he s facing life without parole because that s murder in the first degree under massachusetts law. he s getting life without parole? that s right. it s mandatory. this judge has no discretion on this. what we are going to be awaiting here to see as we continue this discussion, we could be hearing victim impact statements. we could be hearing from odin lloyd s mother. he s the victim here. maybe other members of his family. they could be speaking out before the judge hands down this sentence. we ll be waiting for that and bringing that to you live when they go back into the courtroom. let s bring in mel robbins, cnn legal analyst, joining us as well. as paul laid out there, this was a circumstantial case. in all of our conversations leadi