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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom Live 20210919 09:33:00

Individuals. they re prolific social media users. so there s a lot of clues and things to be mined there. there s a lot that the bureau can do to help out these disparate and far-flung local police agencies that find themselves in the middle of this. our thanks to andrew mccabe there. money, power, drugs, suicide for hire. all of that is part of a saga involving a prominent attorney in south carolina. alex murdoch is now out on bond after surrendering to law enforcement and as martin savidge reports, the plot only thickens from there. reporter: his life in a scandalous spiral, prominent south carolina attorney alex murdaugh responding to law enforcement to face charges in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme in which he was the target. a warrant for his arrest detailed the botched murder attempt that was meant to provide his son millions of dollars of life insurance money, attorneys say. according to court documents, ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta 20210918 20:40:00

Details. his life in a scandal louse spiral. prominent south carolina attorney alex murdoch surrendering to law enforcement to face charges in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme in which he was the target. a warrant for his arrest detailed the botched murder attempt that was meant to provide his son millions of dollars of life insurance money, attorneys say. according to court documents, murdoch arranged for curtis smith, a former client, to shoot and kill him. but the plan failed because the shot wasn t fatal. smith has been charged with assisted suicide, assault, and battery, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. so far, he s not entered a plea and has asked for a court-appointed attorney. and now another twist. a south carolina law enforcement division announcing the opening of another investigation involving the murdochs. the 2018 death of the family s longtime housekeeper, gloria satterfield, who died in what was described a ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20210917 04:54:00

Longer a man of means. he has fallen from grace. reporter: a warrant for his arrest detailed the botched murder attempt that was meant to provide his son millions of dollars of life insurance money, attorneys say. according to court documents, murdaugh arranged for curtis smith, a former client, to shoot and kill him. but the plan failed because the shot wasn t fatal. smith has been charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. so far he s not entered a plea and has asked for a court-appointed attorney. and now another twist. the south carolina law enforcement division announcing the opening of another investigation involving the murdaughs. the 2018 death of the family s long-time housekeeper gloria satterfield, who died in what was described as a trip and fall accident on the murdaugh property. it was alex murdaugh who told the story that she had tripped and fell down the stairs ov ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom Live 20191127 07:46:00

Life behind bars. i hate to put it like this. we went through hell. reporter: a break in the case came when chestnut filed for information and uncovered a pile of unseen evidence. young witnesses were interviewed by police without their parents and told to, quote, get their stories straight. an anonymous phone call even i.d. d another suspect who was seen wearing the stolen jacket and confessing to the crime. but none of that was ever given to the men s defense team, attorneys say. for decades the men maintained their innocence. chestnut refused to confess, even when the parole board considered releasing him if he did. baltimore s conviction integrity unit eventually looked over the case and set them free. i look forward to living the rest of my life. too many people are losing their lives in prison that don t deserve it. and we ve got to do something about it. reporter: the state attorney says she s going to work on cathy a compensation fund for those wrongfully convicted be ....

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