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    The document summarizes the ongoing Alex Murdaugh murder trial in South Carolina. Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son at his hunting estate in 2021. During the trial, Murdaugh has changed his alibi and confessed to lying to police initially due to an opioid addiction. Murdaugh has a history of financial crimes involving his law firm. While Murdaugh is putting on an impressive performance claiming his innocence in court, body language experts observe signs of deception. The jury will begin deliberations on March 1st, and the outcome could result in a mistrial, which would benefit Murdaugh's defense.

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    The document summarizes the ongoing Alex Murdaugh murder trial in South Carolina. Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son at his hunting estate in 2021. During the trial, Murdaugh has changed his alibi and confessed to lying to police initially due to an opioid addiction. Murdaugh has a history of financial crimes involving his law firm. While Murdaugh is putting on an impressive performance claiming his innocence in court, body language experts observe signs of deception. The jury will begin deliberations on March 1st, and the outcome could result in a mistrial, which would benefit Murdaugh's defense.

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    3/1/2023

    What’s Happening in The Murdaugh Murder Trail

    Op-Ed By Rebecca Davis

    3/1/2023

    A small town in Walterboro, SC is getting national attention. Attorney Alex Murdaugh is being

    accused of killing his wife and son on his 2000-acre hunting estate. The trail has been a series

    twists and turns involving lies, drugs and scandals which is why it’s being dubbed the trail of the

    century in south Carolina. On June 7th in 2021, police dispatch received a call at 10:30pm from a

    distraught Alex murdaugh stating he had found his wife and son shot down near their dog

    kennels on his property.

    Officials believe that Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were murdered between 8:30 and 9:00pm

    and Alex claimed he was not home during that time, but a snap chat video posted by Paul

    minutes before his murder tells a different story. The video doesn’t specifically show Alex, but

    his voice is distinctly heard. Last week in the court room Alex confessed to being in the video

    and changed his alibi stating he was in fact at the kennels but left right before his family was

    killed. He claims he lied to police in the beginning because of an opioid addiction he was

    battling at the time which made him paranoid.

    Murdaugh has a history of lying in recent years which has resulted in 19 indictments and 99

    criminal charges involving money laundering, tax evasion, insurance fraud and forgery. His

    crimes were in connection with his family law firm in which he would swindle and steal from

    clients. A man of this nature could easily be portrayed as guilty. The twist is that Alex is an

    impressive performer and when on the stand he puts on a convincing show professing his
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    innocence. He even has some of the jurors in tears when he gives his statement. Although,

    Subtle clues and body language say something different. Body language specialist Janine Driver

    appeared on CNN and claims his deception is obvious. For example, when he’s asked a

    straightforward question, “did you kill you wife and son?”, he softly nods his head “yes” while

    answering “no I did not”.

    There’s no doubt that some of the jury will see through his deception but I believe that he has

    convinced at least a few that he’s innocent. This will result in a hung jury or mistrial, which is all

    Murdaugh’s defense team needs to throw the case. If this happens the prosecutors will have to

    charge Alex again and start the trail all over. This is good news for Murdaugh because acquittal

    rates in criminal trials are significantly higher after hung juries than during original trials.

    Hopefully prosecutors can convince the jury that Murdaugh was the only person who had a

    motive to kill his wife and son. That motive lies in the million-dollar debt and criminal charges

    he had weighing on his shoulders. He was a career criminal who had swindled insurance

    companies for large sums of money in the past, who’s to say this wasn’t the same. Regardless

    of the outcome of this trail, Murdaugh isn’t off the hook yet. He still has to serve significant

    time in prison for his other crimes which is a tactic his defense team may use to their advantage

    to gain sympathy from the jury. Deliberations are scheduled to begin Wednesday, March 1 st and

    could potentially last a couple hours to a few days.


    3/1/2023

    Citations

    Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas. “Jurors in Alex Murdaugh Murder trail visit the crime scene.” The

    New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023, Jurors in Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial Visit the Crime Scene -

    The New York Times (nytimes.com)

    Roy, Barsha. “How did Alex Murdaugh do on the stand? Body language experts weigh in as

    internet spots major giveaway.”Skpop, 25 Feb. 2023,

    https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/how-alex-murdaugh-stand-body-language-

    experts-weigh-internet-spots-major-giveaway

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