Ralph Hightower Top fanFebruary 24, 2023 at 12:57 am
Murdaugh did a lot of talking to himself while he was in that jail cell practicing for today.
I’ll be waiting for tomorrow to see if he trips up and contradicts Blanca Simpson, Marian Proctor, or Shelly Smith. None of those credible witnesses for the prosecution have any reason to commit perjury.
There is also the vehicle dynamics, speed, GPS coordinates, that was recorded by the PMPED Chevy Suburban.
Patricia Gallagher Top fanFebruary 25, 2023 at 11:53 pm
The shirt was positive for blood and “high impact spatter” but could not be re-tested because testing fluids saturated the shirt. My understanding is that the shirt was excluded from evidence because the defense could not do its own testing.
A $50,000 a week habit sounds more like a gambling habit rather than a drug habit. That would explain blowing through all that money so quickly. In one recorded phone call from jail with his son Buster he is seriously bragging about winning some bets on sports games. He details his winnings that he won which were snacks from the concession like slim jims or something. And he sounds totally serious…. Pathological. Seriously.
Patricia Gallagher Top fanFebruary 25, 2023 at 11:59 pm
IMHO, in addition to paying for pills, the stolen funds supported the family’s lavish lifestyle (very expensive vacations, championship sporting events junkets, etc.) in addition to clothing, jewelry, bad investments, etc., while his legitimate income waned.
About 99% of the lies he has told involves money he stole and tried to cover it up and he admits to all of the thefts. Victims were killed with two different weapons, yes they have empty cartridges but they don’t have the weapons. He was distraught over the deaths of Maggie and Paul and losing his job. This is why he claims he wanted someone to kill him. This didn’t workout so well. To get a conviction for murder you have to prove beyond a shadow of doubt. This jury ( and I have no idea who they are) I assume are from the surrounding area and are well aware of the Murdaugh name and history of the family. I’m guessing somewhere in the past the name Murdaugh has been connected to a family member of sitting jury. It only takes one to hang the jury. I personally think he is guilty based on twenty years in law enforcement and listening to the trial and the evidence presented. But I’m not on the jury.
Ralph Hightower Top fanFebruary 26, 2023 at 9:24 pm
I don’t recall Connor Cook being called to testify. He was a passenger on the boat that Paul was piloting when Paul crashed the boat killing Connor’s girlfriend, Mallory Beach.
He could testify that Alex was coaching the passengers on what to say to DNR and SLED.
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Murdaugh did a lot of talking to himself while he was in that jail cell practicing for today.
I’ll be waiting for tomorrow to see if he trips up and contradicts Blanca Simpson, Marian Proctor, or Shelly Smith. None of those credible witnesses for the prosecution have any reason to commit perjury.
There is also the vehicle dynamics, speed, GPS coordinates, that was recorded by the PMPED Chevy Suburban.
I thought it was brain spatter. It was not blood spatter so he was correct. Why did the State object? The tee shirt was declared not admissible.
The shirt was positive for blood and “high impact spatter” but could not be re-tested because testing fluids saturated the shirt. My understanding is that the shirt was excluded from evidence because the defense could not do its own testing.
A $50,000 a week habit sounds more like a gambling habit rather than a drug habit. That would explain blowing through all that money so quickly. In one recorded phone call from jail with his son Buster he is seriously bragging about winning some bets on sports games. He details his winnings that he won which were snacks from the concession like slim jims or something. And he sounds totally serious…. Pathological. Seriously.
IMHO, in addition to paying for pills, the stolen funds supported the family’s lavish lifestyle (very expensive vacations, championship sporting events junkets, etc.) in addition to clothing, jewelry, bad investments, etc., while his legitimate income waned.
About 99% of the lies he has told involves money he stole and tried to cover it up and he admits to all of the thefts. Victims were killed with two different weapons, yes they have empty cartridges but they don’t have the weapons. He was distraught over the deaths of Maggie and Paul and losing his job. This is why he claims he wanted someone to kill him. This didn’t workout so well. To get a conviction for murder you have to prove beyond a shadow of doubt. This jury ( and I have no idea who they are) I assume are from the surrounding area and are well aware of the Murdaugh name and history of the family. I’m guessing somewhere in the past the name Murdaugh has been connected to a family member of sitting jury. It only takes one to hang the jury. I personally think he is guilty based on twenty years in law enforcement and listening to the trial and the evidence presented. But I’m not on the jury.
“Beyond a *reasonable* doubt,” is the standard, not “beyond a shadow of a doubt.” Big difference.
I don’t recall Connor Cook being called to testify. He was a passenger on the boat that Paul was piloting when Paul crashed the boat killing Connor’s girlfriend, Mallory Beach.
He could testify that Alex was coaching the passengers on what to say to DNR and SLED.