ALEX MURDAUGH TAKES THE STAND IN 'HAIL MARY'
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 23 February 2023
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Summary
Alex Murdaugh took the stand today in his own defense. The accused killer stated emphatically that he did not shoot his wife and son. Murdaugh did admit, however, that he lied to police. He said his opioid addiction made him paranoid of police.
The disgraced attorney repeatedly admitted to a state cross-examine that he stole from clients and was remorseful
Murdaugh's testimony continues on Friday.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Eric Bland - Founder/Partner- Bland Richer, LLP Attorneys at Law; Twitter: @TheEricBland
- Dr. Angela Arnold -Psychiatrist, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women; Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University; Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital, and Voted My Buckhead’s Best Psychiatric Practice of 2022
- Chris McDonough - Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, and Host of YouTube channel- ‘The Interview Room’
- Dr. Michelle DuPre - Former Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department; Author: "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide;" Forensic Consultant
- Anne Emerson - Senior Investigative Reporter, WCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston, SC), and Host of Award-Winning DAILY Podcast: "Unsolved South Carolina: The Murdaugh Murders, Money and Mystery;” Twitter: @AnneTEmerson
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| 0:00.0 | The Crime Stories with Nancy Grace |
| 0:11.5 | In the last moments, Alex Murdoch has just stepped down from the witness stand. |
| 0:18.1 | That's right, Alex Murdoch on the stand in his own defense, waving his right to invoke |
| 0:23.5 | silence under the Fifth Amendment. |
| 0:25.8 | He has been on direct examination so far. He's sitting a lot of soft balls in that courtroom. |
| 0:31.3 | We're wondering what's going to happen on cross examination. |
| 0:34.6 | The jury has just left the courtroom for lunch. |
| 0:37.1 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation. |
| 0:42.6 | First of all, here's the biggest thing that happened in the courtroom as he stuttered |
| 0:48.0 | and stammered, turned red in the face, sucked his teeth and his mouth went dry. |
| 0:53.9 | Alex Murdoch insists he did not kill Maggie and Paul take a listen, I work on one. |
| 1:00.3 | On June 7th, 2021, did you take this gun or any gun like it and shoot your son Paul in |
| 1:09.2 | the chest in the feed room at your property of Mozel Road? |
| 1:13.0 | No, I did not. |
| 1:14.8 | Mr. Marty, did you take this gun or any gun like it and blow your son brains out on June |
| 1:21.8 | 7th or any day or any time? |
| 1:26.1 | No, I did not. |
| 1:28.8 | Mr. Murdoch, did you take 300 blackout such as this and fired into your wife Maggie's leg, |
| 1:43.2 | torso or any part of her body? |
| 1:45.7 | No, I did not. |
| 1:47.6 | Did you shoot a 300 blackout into her head causing her death? |
| 1:54.6 | Mr. Grimm, I didn't shoot my wife or my son any time, ever. |
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