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I have heard that Sills now has some potential leads as a result of the latest DNA testing. I believe it to be a result of genealogical research. Sills has a reputation for bulldog-like determination; he has been in office for sometime now and has never let a big case get away. This case has...

I've been avidly following the case since the girls disappeared. I think the video is compelling and hearing him directing the girls where to go was chilling. As an attorney, I can't conceive of a persuasive argument that could be made by the defense which would result in an acquittal.

I was so relieved that common sense prevailed and the jury was a cohesive group who listened to the evidence. I've seen juries do crazy things but this one held together and followed their oaths. The judge did an exemplary job; haven't read about any viable grounds for appeal. AM will do fine in...

Please excuse my poor typing in above comment. Very sloppy; my apologies.

My experience as a trial attorney is we'll likely have a verdict Friday. Despite their oaths the jurors have likely made up their minds with few exceptions. Juror who was excused was likely defense leaning or we wouldn't have heard a word from DH. Both sides have their scorecards of which jurors...

Juries are strange creatures. I've tried to serve on one numerous times but have never been selected. In interviewing jurors after mistrials I've walked away shaking my head; what they take away from testimony is sometimes very different than wht was intended. It's obvious to the viewing public...

If the jury is hung both sides usually extensively interview the jurors to see what arguments didn't resonate and which ones succeeded. As a trial lawyer myself, I've been thinking it would be hung because too much time was spent on financial crimes when the murders are really what it's about. I...

Like most people I have not given lE the consideration they deserve for not immediately solving this crime. It just seemed with all the forensic evidence available, cameras etc a suspect should have been identified sooner. There's been some discussion about the suspect studying in the field of...

I lived in that gated community for 12 years. There's a fair amount of misinformation around but she was in her nightgown when she was found. Initially the story was she went down with a knife from her own kitchen to confront the killer. Later, reports have stated he tried to rob a liquor store...

As a lawyer myself; I have a brother, also a lawyer, who did a year in a minimum security Federal facility and he had no problems. They are what people are referring to when they talk about "country club" prisons; Club Fed. They are usually restricted to people with short sentences and...

Criminal defense lawyers usually get their fee up front. I don't believe the judge will keep gag order in place; sometimes one is in place during discovery but once case is set for trial what benefit is there to a gag order. This is a case of national interest; i don't see the usual reasons for...

I've posted before about this, but as a lawyer you have to show negligence in a slip and fall case. I've read a little specifically on South Carolina but as with all states there has to be a showing of negligence. I originally understood this was an unwitnessed fall. GS was familiar with the...

It is a centuries old tradition in the judicial system that we basically inherited from the U.K. that Grand Jury proceedings are secret. No judge is present; the defendant has no right to be present or his counsel. There is a court reporter present. Given the small county and the environment...

I love Websleuths for the different viewpoints. I respectively disagree that AM had no accomplice; where did the murder weapons disappear to? It is a very personal crime, the murder of a child and spouse. There can be accomplices after the fact and accomplices in carrying out the crime itself...

There's an old saying that a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich if the case is presented. The prosecution at this point have considerable evidence to go forward; the presentation to grand jury on Thursday is pro forma. Very occasionally a grand jury will not act in expectation of prosecution...

I can't wait to see the new evidence. In a small county like that it's not surprising that the family was given a heads up about what everyone has been waiting for. Alex had to have accomplices and my guess is someone finally started talking. It never made any sense that anyone else was behind...

There has been a lot of discussion that AM and RM couldn't possibly be capable lawyers if they didn't know what a writ of habeas corpus is. Lawyers who don't have the occasion in their practice to file certain types of writs or motions usually have long forgotten being taught what they were in...

This case is fascinating and interesting and then I remember the innocent people that have lost their lives in the machinations of the Murdaugh family business. I'm a lawyer who has handled defense work on personal injury cases and so much of what happened with Ms. Satterfield's death does not...

I realize it's probably wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be wonderful if the LSK was struck down by the coronavirus and made a deathbed confession?

Police were on scene and yet the homeowner and a potential suspect was able to absent himself from custody and commit suicide. It will be interesting to see results of tox screens.