Murdaugh trial judge allows the jury to visit the scene of the double murders

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NEW: Jurors in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh will be allowed to walk through the crime scene where the former South Carolina lawyer’s wife and younger son were killed, judge rules.

will be allowed to walk through the crime scene where the former South Carolina lawyer's wife and younger son were killed, a judge ruled Monday, siding with the defense team's request to help them better visualize the testimony.

The distance between the home and the kennels, and the length of time required to travel across the more than 1,700-acre property, have been key discussions surrounding"You can't really appreciate the spatial issues without actually seeing them," Harpootlian said. He also said law enforcement would escort the jury after Harpootlian alerted him to the presence of intruders at the property, which is about 20 miles from the Colleton County courthouse where Murdaugh's trial is taking place.

"I don't believe it is commonly requested," said Dennis Bolt, a retired attorney in Columbia who has served on cases with members of Murdaugh's defense team."Personally, I can't recall ever requesting it unless there was something unique and felt that the jury could not fully grasp it without visiting the scene."

 

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If there are any evangelicals on the jury, Murdaugh will go free! Evangelicals should never be allowed to sit on a jury… they are compromised. Remember HealthSouth Corp Richard Scrushy?

I think the don did it

Bad news for defense. Jury gets to see just how isolated the property is. Cell tower evidence linking his phone to the crime scene means he’s the only person with opportunity to be at the scene at time of death. This was meant as a murder-suicide till he chickened out. UMF♾️

Damn, that would be creepy.

Calling 'shotgun' on this roadtrip would be inappropriate

Why would this monster, (who will eventually claim he was so paranoid that night he didn't know he'd killed his son and wife), permit his lawyers to take jurors to Moselle? Isn't that where he stash his cash, his white wine, his bags of opioids, and his boxes of evidence?

Coroner Richard Harvey, a Defense witness said he took the body temps under the armpits to find time of death Todays defense witness says that proves nothing about time of death. WTH is the defense doing bringing in expert witnesses to shoot down their witnesses? TheEricBland

Oh, wow!!

Oh no. Big OJ vibes. I hope it doesn’t end in the same result.

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