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Convinced her or him beyond reasonable doubt that the murder occurred in the way that the prosecution has alleged, and look, we don't have an eyewitness, we don't have the murder weapons or the bloody clothes and even though the circumstantial evidence can be compelling and enough to convict, there are some jurors at least oneer two that may be thinking, that i need more. i need more to convict someone who may be spending life of their life in jail. >> well, it is going to the jurors very soon. final moments of this trial, and areva martin, thank you so much. another case we are following to...

0 manual transmissions are making a comeback. driving stick appeals to a new generation. take you paddle shifters and -- >> my mom told me you need to learn how to drive a stick. you have to drive yourself home -- i never partied. >> take your paddle shifters and stick them. thanks for joining us. i'm john roberts. >> "the story" starts right now. >> john and jackie, thank you. good afternoon. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. on "the story" right now, the jury in alec murdaugh's double jury about to get the case. murdaugh admits lying to investigators but testified under oath that ...

0 fraud he had been committing for years, the defense pointing out that doesn't make any sense, all that did was landed him in law enforcement's focus. so, what we see here is the defense trying to eat away at the prosecution's case. they did that earlier by attacking forensic evidence. they spent a lot of time talking about blood splatter evidence and why that might not be a reliable indicator of guilt. and while the prosecution has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the prosecution, in essence, has to convince the jury on each of these points. the defense only has to make that on...

Lied about that. "i was there, but i went back to the house." they will be able to see how far the house is from the kennels. "i didn't hear any again dumb at gunshots and i came back to find them dead." this is going to be key f for te jurors. >> it is key, because it's a field trip the defense wanted. it's different when you're looking at pictures and video versus being there and putting the space into perspective. i think it will be important for the jurors to look at everything with her own eyes in person. >> trace: the crime scene expert is with the orangeburg county deputy, the sheriff's...

However, there's no blood, there's no dna, there's a little bit of gunshot residue but that would be expected given the circumstances and no murder weapons. so, how do you pin it on him? >> other than -- yeah, there's problems. listen, kudos to the prosecutor for making that necessary and compelling argument. he's the only one. but wait a second, in recent time literally a couple days ago there was an expert for the defense who said the evidence was consistent with two shooters. now, they don't even have to believe that, they just have to entertain it and if it's even possible it blows the sta...