GUILTY SC - Paul Murdaugh & mom Margaret Found Shot To Death - Alex Murdaugh Accused - Islandton #38

[Curious Me]

Thank You so much Jurors. You came through and did a wonderful job. Thank You for seeing the truth and not having any doubts. You made the right decision.​

 

[girlhasnoname]

yay judge says he was guilty according to the evidence yay!!!

I love him so much!

#MuchJudgeLove

Judge Newman has been the perfect example of firm but fair. An honorable, strong, lovely, caring man. I love him!

Back off everybody.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

I'll be climbing aboard tomorrow morning with my best deviled eggs for everyone. I'll be up all night, boiling them on the stove! {On a side note, went to grocery store this afternoon -- eggs down to $2.99 a dozen! Yee-hah! Cluck, cluck, cluck!}

Where did you get the eggs? We’re you on the panel?

 

[kaen]

i will say that if I had been wrongly convicted of this kind of crime, I would have cried and been a mess. No tears tonight. NO tears unless he is trying to talk himself out of something.

 

[Twistinginthewind]

First time poster, long time multiple thread stalker...

I'm so relieved, so very, very relieved! YESSSSS!

Welcome, thanks for your post! I agree it is a Huge Relief!

 

[Sassygal87]

Incredible, I did NOT expect this, just three hours, wow.
So nervous too.
It HAS to be Guilty, right?

GUILTY! Hell yes!

 

[BeachSky]

I saw Buster crying.
Goodness

MOO

 

[CHEL]

Surprised to see almost the entire jury when Courttv was showing Alex walking out of the courtroom.

 

[RollingPanda]

THANK GOODNESS!!!! JUSTICE!!!!!!!

 

[Ceska]

Wow, what a relief!!! Good job, jury.
Excellent judge!

 

[Knox]

OMG, I can't beleive how quickly they came back!!!! Restored my faith in common sense & logic, because IMO if you had those two things, you had to come back with a G U I L T Y verdict!!!!!!

 

[10ofRods]

Judge Newman looks relieved and...glad. He knows so much more than we do.

Sentencing tomorrow!

I am in a state of shock. I joked to my husband about an hour ago that we should check the verdict (it had been about two hours). And I was so ready for a hung jury.

Amazing. And I hope all the skeptics think about jurisprudence - because this is an excellent example of the system working, despite a privileged <modsnip> man being on trial. As so many of us hoped. It's a small spark of joyous hope in our jurisprudence system.

The man who did the rebuttal for the prosecution (PLEASE remind me of his name - I know he's famous) was amazing. That was masterful.

 

[Vaderman]

I honestly did NOT expect this result, especially this quickly. Bravo, jury. Bravo.

 

[Ray_of_hope]

No ONE is scared of the Murdaughs any longer.

Amen!

 

[Lexiintoronto]

Paul really spoke from the grave on this.

I’m sorry for the question, but I’m new to this case: how so?

 

[Aquarian]

As a mom, my heart still breaks for Buster right now.

Finally, his tears came. I too felt sorrow for him. So sad, he needs counseling for sure.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks

Alex Murdaugh stared straight ahead as the verdicts were read, betraying no emotions. His son Buster, stared straight ahead, resting his face in his left hand.

Murdaugh’s defense team renews its previous objections and moves for a mistrial. Prosecutor Creighton Waters: “The case properly went to the jury, and the verdict was proper.”

“The evidence of guilt is overwhelming, and I deny the motion,” Judge Newman rules.

Judge Newman: We will defer sentencing to a later date. The minimum sentence for murder is 30 years.

Everyone agrees to handle sentencing at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Alex Murdaugh is placed in handcuffs and is silently escorted out of the courtroom.

Judge Newman thanks the jurors for their work on this case. “You all responded and gave due consideration to the evidence. I will make no comment now as to the extent of the overwhelming nature of the evidence, but certainly the verdict that you have reached is supported.”

Judge Newman: "The circumstantial evidence, direct evidence, all of the evidence pointed to one conclusion, and that’s the conclusion that you all reached.”

Judge Newman: "I applaud you all as a group, and as a unit and individually in evaluating the evidence and coming to a proper conclusion as you saw the law and saw the facts.”

Court is in recess until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, when Alex Murdaugh will be sentenced. Judge Newman is known as a tough sentencer, and he went at length to explain that he agrees with the jury's verdicts tonight.

Court TV has asked media not to show the jurors in their coverage, as Court TV literally just did while filming Alex Murdaugh walking out of the courtroom. Jesus, man.

 

[RollingPanda]

THANK GOODNESS!!!! JUSTICE!!!!!!! Oops duplicate post....idk how to delete. But yay!

 

[girlhasnoname]

I LOVE JUDGE NEWMAN

Hey, them's fighting words...

 

[MyJoey]

I hope and pray for the families and that they will find some peace and form of closure from this verdict. Blessings to them.

Pretty sure even his family have some peace knowing he will stay behind bars. Who in the family would allow him to move in with them?