Alex Murdaugh filed a motion Thursday to appeal his double murder convictions after he was sentenced to two life sentences in the fatal shootings of his wife and younger son. But, whether or not his appeal is granted, that guilty verdict does not signal the end of his legal troubles, as he will still be made to answer for the 99 alleged financial crimes in which he has yet to be tried.
Throughout his two days of testimony, one thing became painfully clear: Murdaugh was a self-professed liar who not only lied for more than 20 months about not being present at the scene of the crime, but he also lied to several clients and his law firm when he stole millions of dollars from them.
Murdaugh’s lack of visible remorse while on the witness stand and the exposure of his lies in court helped seal his fate.
At first blush, it appeared that a jury of his peers spent approximately three hours to find him guilty of the brutal murders of his wife, Margaret, and son Paul. The speed with which the jury returned its verdict was shocking to many; several people expected it to take much longer as the trial itself had already lasted for weeks and the charges were so serious. But an interview with one of the jurors reveals that the jury took even less time than that — more like one hour for the 12 jurors to reach an unanimous guilty verdict.
According to juror Craig Moyer, Murdaugh’s lack of visible remorse while on the witness stand and the exposure of his lies in court helped seal his fate. In his words, Murdaugh was “A good liar. Not good enough.” Another juror spoke out after the trial and said that Murdaugh’s testimony while on the stand showed how easily he could lie “so effortlessly.” Other jurors told the media they felt that Murdaugh knew “how to turn it on and turn it off” and that he did not appear to be really crying when testifying. In other words, all of the interviewed jurors resoundingly shared the view that Murdaugh taking the stand and admitting…
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