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

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson feels that disbarred lawyers were called by the defense in a bad move Alex MurdaughHe is now a convicted killer of his son and wife.

Wilson called Murdaugh The. “biggest piece of evidence,” A jury will be seated. convicted him On March 2, he was convicted of two first-degree murder charges. In June 2021, he will be serving consecutive life sentences on two counts of first-degree murder for his wife Maggie (52), and son Paul (22)

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 spoke in an interview for 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. The prosecution argued Murdaugh wanted sympathy to derail his crime and to gain pity. At the time of the trial, Murdaugh was sentenced to life imprisonment. defense presented His loss of wife and son left him a broken family man.

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

Take the stand “was his closing argument to the jury,” Wilson said. “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