Alex Murdaugh trial: ‘Biggest piece of evidence’ was murderer taking stand, South Carolina AG says

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson feels that disbarred lawyers were called by the defense in a bad move Alex MurdaughTo the witness stand at his own trial, he was convicted of the murders of his wife, and his son.

Wilson called Murdaugh The. “biggest piece of evidence,” After a jury convicted him On March 2, he was convicted of two first-degree murder charges. For the murders his wife Maggie (52) and his son Paul (22), he will receive consecutive life sentences in June 2021.

ALEX MURDAUGH FOUND GUILTY IN MURDER OF WIFE AND SON

Major victories for the prosecution included the admittance of evidence relating to Murdaugh’s financial misconduct, for which he is facing 99 separate charges, and video and cellphone evidence that placed him at the scene of the crime — Murdaugh had lied to investigators up until taking the stand on his whereabouts the night of his family’s deaths.

“When he took the stand, I think that was fatal for him ultimately,” Wilson stated this in an interview with NBC News. “Alex had made [a] very successful career of giving closing arguments to juries and winning major cases and making a lot of money.”

Murdaugh’s financial offenses were the main focus of Murdaugh’s prosecution. motive for the murdersHis misconduct would soon be revealed in court, just days after the killings. Murdaugh was accused of trying to draw sympathy from the public in order to avoid having his crimes and reputation destroyed. The trial was a success. defense presented He was a man of family, whose life is shattered by the death of his son and wife.

The jury did not accept Murdaugh’s testimony, or any of his emotional displays throughout the trial.

Stand for it “was his closing argument to the jury,” Wilson stated. “I believe in my mind that he believed that he could talk his way out of this. And at the end of the day, I think that’s what sealed it for him.”

People had a hard time comprehending the brutality of the crime, Wilson added, which is why the prosecutors focused heavily on video and financial evidence, making up for a lack of concrete evidence — such a