Murdaugh's legal team releases statement ahead of murder trial
The murder trial for Alex Murdaugh is set to begin on Monday.
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The murder trial for Alex Murdaugh is set to begin on Monday.
It impacts me as a mother. >> reporter: as the hunt for the parents continues the sheriff acknowledges the possibility that they could be armed. people with information on the whereabouts are just being asked to contact officials. wolf? >> alexandra, thank you very much. let's discuss what's going on. the oakland county prosecutor is joining us now. thank you. really appreciate the important and hard work. as you know better than anyone police are searching for the shooting suspect's parents following the announcement of charges against the couple. can you give us an update on the status? when...
That say i walked in my door today and in my office door at 4:30. there are witnesses out there, whatever, and i say i didn't do that. i guess you've got me, but it's not like you didn't know i walked through the door. >> and that's true but you've never had it sworn and presumably this would be a sworn statement. the issue is, it's a sworn statement having gone through a plethora of lawyers before that thing gets out, so it really isn't the witness statement, it's more or less his attorney statement. >> shepard: it feels just like something to talk about. >> at this point it is. the other wit...
Security adviser michael flynn will plead the fifth and will e refuse to hand over any records. it is quite a turn around tr two months ago when general flynn's attorney revealed his client wanted to cut a deal for immunity. remember that attorney statement sent out in march. let me read you a piece of that. it read as follows. general flynn certainly has a story to tell. and he very much wants to tell it, should the circumstances permit. no reasonable person who has the benefit of advice from counsel would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assur...
But usually it's a situation where maybe you have a 19 or 20-year-old guy, he's got a 17-year-old girlfriend. they have sex and the mother goes to the police and arrest this man. there is a slap in the wrist on those cases. but lawrence taylor is 51 years old. she's 16. there is a claim she was beaten by a pimp. this is a lot more serious situation than the run of the mill case. >> 50 or 60 years ago, errol flynn, accused of having menage with two 15 or 16-year-old girls, his defense was hey, they told me they were 18. that doesn't apply anymore, does it? >> no. absolutely not. these laws are ...