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griff: took the jury less than three hours to convict him of the murder of his wife and son. ainsley: charles watson is outside of the court house in walter borough, south carolina. what is the latest? what are you expecting this morning will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole when alec murdaugh is sentenced behind me this morning for the murders of his wife maggie and son paul. after thursday s verdict alec was remanded almost immediately and let out ever the cool tan county courthouse he is staring at 30 years to life in prison after the jury came back guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of possessing a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. ....
In our national lead, life in prison, that is the new reality alex murdaugh is facing after a south carolina judge sentenced murdaugh to two life sentences. one for each of the murders of his wife maggie and son paul murdaugh. cnn s randi kaye is in walter borough, south carolina, where the judge delivered an emotional speech before handing down the sentence. i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. reporter: alex murdaugh, convicted and given two life sentences for the murder of his wife and son. i know you have to see paul and maggie during the nighttime when you re attempting to go to sleep. i m sure they come and visit you. all day and every night. reporter: after more than a month in the courtroom, jurors took about three hours thursday to convict murdaugh of murder for his wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul, who were found fatally shot on the family s property in june 2021. ....
Courthouse in walter borough, south carolina. what can you tell us about the prosecution s strategy today? reporter: well, wolf, the strategy was certainly to try and dispute some of the defense testimony that we heard over the last week or so. and they brought in a couple of rebuttal witnesses, about a handful of rebuttal witnesses to really do so, but two key witnesses. one was a pathologist, and she testified today dispute a defense witness claim that paul m murdaugh s fatal shot was a down facing contact wound which means the barrel would have been up against his head. and she said that would have been impossible because his eyes were still in place, his face was still in place. they also brought in dr. kenneth kingsy an expert in crime scene re-creation. and he also refuted a defense claim. alex murdaugh is about 6 4 or ....
Sure. reporter: also in court a crime scene investigator testifying for the prosecution pulled out paul murdaugh s bloody sneakers he was wearing the night he was killed. that was certainly a dramatic moment. that same witness also testified that alex murdaugh s home wasn t searched until september 13th, 2021. that would have been more than three months after the double murder. no doubt when the defense cross-examines that witness on monday, they will use that to continue its theme of an alleged sloppy investigation. randi kaye, cnn, walter borough. the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. police unit shut down permanently as we learn more about their controversial past on the streets of memphis. next right here, 2023 shaping up to be the year of the electric vehicle. tesla suddenly has a lot of competition. she took mucinex ine sore throat lozenges. show your sore throat who s boss. mucinex instasoothe. works in seconds, lasts for hours. ....
what s his name? cb roe. embarrassed to say it but i m going say it anyway walter borough, sac new development in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh showing him with grounds keeper just hours after killings occurred. the disbarred attorney is being charged with murder of his wife and son, and if convicted could face life in prison. here to react trial attorney brian claypool fox news legal analyst drake jared this is nonsense here i don t to say it i don t to say it cops but stupid but i have to say this. do you think it is geng to work? no. i doubt it. the grounds keeper has been cleared. this sort of appears at least prosecutors is that defendant trying to pin it on somebody else. they ve built a fairly strong circumstantial evidence case against the defendant. ....