Alex Murdaugh to Take the Stand?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Alex Murdaugh could take the stand in his own defense on Thursday.
New reports speculated on whether the accused killer will take the stand. The defense attorneys laid the groundwork, asking the judge about the range of questions Murdaugh could be asked on cross-examine, and whether Murdaugh would be able to take his Fifth Amendment right against incriminating himself.
Judge Clifton Newman said any ruling would be made as they happened, not before the testimony.
Also in court today, Murdaugh's former friend and law partner testified about going to Moselle after hearing about the murders. Mark Ball said he was angry and mortified after hearing an officer say, "we have all we need," referring to evidence of Ball finding a baseball size chunk of Paul Murdaugh's skull still lying on the kennel floor.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Ted Williams - Defense Attorney, Former Washington DC Police Detective, and Fox News Contributor; Starred in the nationally-televised show, ‘Power of Attorney"
- Irv Brandt - Senior Inspector, US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch, Chief Inspector, and DOJ Office of International Affairs; US Embassy Kingston, Jamaica; Author: “SOLO SHOT: CURSE OF THE BLUE STONE AVAILBLE ON AMAZON, ALSO "FLYING SOLO: Top of the World" Twitter: @JackSoloAuthor
- Chris Painton - Forensic Firearms Consultant for the Stria Consulting Group, and President of the Stockwell Consulting Corp.; Retired NYPD Detective
- Dr. Michelle DuPre (Columbia, SC) - 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); 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. |
| 0:11.8 | The jury is on their lunch break and we're going to try to bring you up today with everything |
| 0:16.4 | that has happened since we talked last testimony coming in from the witness stand and we all |
| 0:22.8 | know that the defense is not required to prove a thing. |
| 0:26.6 | The entire burden is on the state. |
| 0:29.0 | I've seen defendants that put absolutely nothing up as a defense and sometimes they've |
| 0:35.7 | won. |
| 0:37.7 | One reason some defendants choose not to put up any evidence at all is because in many |
| 0:43.6 | jurisdictions if the defendant puts up nothing except for the defendant's own testimony |
| 0:48.5 | or nothing at all, they reserve the right to a final closing argument. |
| 0:54.3 | Once the defense puts in any evidence then they lose a final closing argument in many |
| 1:01.4 | jurisdictions. |
| 1:02.9 | You will very likely see the state give a closing argument, the defense give a closing |
| 1:08.4 | argument and the state have a final closing argument. |
| 1:12.6 | We'll see how that shakes out. |
| 1:15.2 | But while everybody is hustling out of the courthouse and to their seats, I want you to |
| 1:19.4 | see something that you may have missed, I want you to take a listen at what Hartpullian |
| 1:26.3 | to lead defense attorney said in court, take a listen. |
| 1:30.2 | I'm not five foot two or five foot four. |
| 1:32.7 | I think you should five foot three or five foot four. |
| 1:35.0 | But position me tempting but I don't know how I can do this so I'm not pointing at somebody. |
| 1:47.1 | Here you see the lead defense attorney pointing the gun at state's counsel, a prosecutor |
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