A juror was dismissed from the Alex Murdaugh trial Thursday just as it is set to go to deliberations — and she bizarrely told the judge she needed to collect 12 eggs she has in the courthouse.
The bizarre answer gave everybody a laugh in the South Carolina courtroom, including the judge and Murdaugh himself. “A few days ago I received a complaint from a member of the public indicating that a juror had engaged in improper conversations with parties not associated with the case,” he said. “Both of those individuals waffled on the nature and extent of the contact,” he said, adding the state also provided a “recorded interview with the juror.”
Murdaugh’s defense lawyer Dick Harpootlian criticized the ruling, saying one of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents who interviewed the people who spoke to the juror was a witness in the case for the prosecution.“Again, SLED had made another bad judgment in this case,” Harpootlian told the judge, saying he wasn’t opposing the the decision but wanted to point out the errors.
The judge then asked her if she needed to collect ant items from the courthouse, and the juror indicated she did.“A dozen eggs and—” the juror said in a deep Southern accent.Even accused murder and disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh was amused by the comment.“A dozen eggs?” the incredulous judged asked, illiciting laughter from just about everybody in the courtroom.
One of the most southern things about this trial. Not totally surprised tho
The article says he killed Buster. I thought it was Paul.
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