I have truly come to think it's strategic to distract from whomever is speaking on both sides.

I give lots of presentations to all sorts of groups and I often feel like I’m presenting to a TB ward, especially if there are smokers

Smoker ?

Lol!! I noticed that too!!

What the friggin is he chewing on judge has a lovely seat witness horrible little seat 🪑💺🪑💺🪑💺

HE IS FOR REAL...NO NONESENSE!

Agree, he's SO likeable and a very wise man.

He is the same judge in the Samantha Josephson case . A student who attended USC in Columbia. She got into a car thinking it was her Uber . She was murdered and dumped . He did such a great job in that case . Very compassionate and kind but also firm . Her killer received a life sentence with no parole.

Ummm… let us hope ALL JUDGES ARE THIS WAY! Are you serious ?

oh my God I was just about to type the same thing and to say I wish he could come to Boston to conduct my son's murderers trial coming up in

If their presence isn’t required the judge should ask them to leave.

The judge can tell them to step out of the courtroom.

🤣🤣🤣 This comment made me laugh

You should definitely call the manager!!!

@@pianomanhere Sigh.....

Grisham is my favorite author

Yeah…f***ing annoying.

lmfao🤣

Me too with the drum, a few buckets of water and a fan 😊Love his voice could listen to him forever 👏🏼

Exactly. A very effective way to explain reasonable doubt. You may have doubt, but if it’s based on “what if and but this” that was nowhere in the record, IT IS UNREASONABLE.

me the opposite - hate it. he could have chosen smth better for an example.

Yes that would be traumatic, and I would think anyone would be distraught upon discovering such horrific murders. However, I do think it is possible one would also be scared that the perpetrator(s) is still present or nearby and thus fear for one's own life. If I was in fear of my life, I would probably do anything to try to figure out who killed my wife and son, including checking their cell phones. I doubt I would even consider whether doing so made me personally seen guilty.

@@stevenstevo2 I didn’t say he was guilty. I just can’t imagine that would be the first thing I’d do. Anyway, he had his own mobile phone to call for Police.

Yea.. but he killed them sooo he’s not thinking how a person with natural affection would react. He’s a evil manipulator.. he was trying to think about what evidence he should get rid of.

@@Anaana-jl5kg well we know that now 👌. He picked up the phone to see who had just messaged Paul. It was his friend Rogan Josh (Cash’s owner) which is why Rogan was the first person he called.

And actually using a stenograph and doesn't look like they're trying to anesthetize themselves 🤣

Smart guy. They get paid more than the prosecutors and no one hates them.

It is unusual to see a male court reporter.

It's a good paying career. I have a friend who is a court reporter who is totally blind.

There was a male court reporter (older) in the Jodi Arias trial lol.

This guy is a psychopath. He steals from those that trust him. He lies to and embezzles millions from lifelong friends. He had everything anyone could want. He was born with a silver spoon, married a wonderful lady, had two sons, a name respected for generations and apparently an aptitude for law. He made high 6, low 7 figure income. And yet he stole from the weakest and manipulated his closest friends and family. There is no way for us to understand his motives. His mind works in ways we don’t want to understand. I hope Justice will be served and I know God has plans for him and his eternal future.

Very true. I also think he felt Paul was a failure and embarrassment. Alex failed in every way. I actually feel for Buster. I think he will be able to process all these later and accept his dad is guilty...or...it would be so easy for him to never come back from all this. I hope all of the adults in his life can step up and be there. They know how it feels to be betrayed by his dad.

Unfortunately, I think it was just that simple. Alex, as a narcissist, felt killing his family was the best way to handle the disaster he caused. He expected an outpouring of community sympathy, a halt to the boat case discovery process that would have exposed the truth about his financial situation, needed to keep Maggie from knowing the true status of their finances, his years of theft and his impending firing and disbarring. Maggie was already embarrassed and felt like an outcast in Hampton because of their son's cause of the death of Mallory Beach so the revelation of what Alex had been doing with client and firm money would have sent Maggie over the edge with shame. She had no idea that their bank accounts were in constant overdraft status and the narcissist couldn't face this..He had to kill Paul along with Maggie to make it look like the murders were in retaliation for the boat death. I really want to know how he misspent millions of dollars. There are claims that he made some bad land deals but there's got to be even more to how this guy blew millions of dollars to the point of having to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to get his account out of overdraft status

Yes, where did All those millions of dollars go? Surely not all on opiates. If Alex was taking 1000mgs of opiates daily he would not be able to stand up. Is this another of his lies. How could he murder his wife and son! It is inhuman and heinous. He is a soulless creature.

WTF!!! Did d the judge have to use the loo halfway through the prosecutions opening statement or something? I've never seen a judge ask counsel to hold on a minute (then getting up and leaving the court) during an opening statement!

@@matthewclaridge8063maybe there was a threat.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a judge interrupt the state’s opening statement to take a break. For any reason. Ever.

He is amazing 👏

Nothing except Ms Shelly’s testimony, judge couldn’t make out her thick southern accent to save his life 🤣

He's soft spoken, fair, mild mannered and not full of drama and outbursts.

I have not watched a ton of trials, but in the ones I have watched, the judge seemed fair. I am not an attorney, so I have no idea if the judge made the right decision regarding issues of law.

It’s a shame law enforcement didn’t give him more. Did they even look for the guns?

Totally 💯 agree 😊

Agreed!!!

I close my eyes and I can picture Tommy Lee Jones acting a part )).

Well said. In freaking unbelievable, how crooked and self serving Alex is- it’s like out of a disgusting movie! I’m naïve I guess , because I can’t imagine the horror of this what he did to his family 🖤 👿

I like this prosecutor, he wants what we all want, Justice for Maggie and Paul

They were killed for money

True! Also, Paul was a bigger financial burden after that boat crash killing Mallory! He was being sued for $10 million dollars. And Alex had to prove to the courts that he truly couldn’t afford such amount on June 10th of that year. This means his financial crimes were about to be exposed!! Paul had to go!! And Maggie was worth money because the properties were under her name. But I heard Maggie was most likely responsible for the housekeepers death in 2018. Did you hear her 911 call? May God be their judge.

That’s the “I don’t want to be part of this jury for the next several months” cough.

😂😂😂😂😂. Right ? They should be ejected.

@@LegitLC But it’s not necessarily a jury member.

So annoying.So true. Just excuse yourself and get water.

you are so right. happens every time. lol

Those aren't machine guns. They're semi automatic rifles.

You missed his point

Creighton Waters is an outstanding Prosecutor. He had me convinced watching this back after the trial without any witnesses. Mr Waters & his fellow prosecutors clearly did a fantastic job having sent the jurors back to the deliberating room & having all 12 convinced of Alex Murdaugh's guilt within an hour.👏👏👏

@@neverfeartruth6460 ❤❤❤❤

👍 👍

Wish someone would give the coughing person some cough drops.

Buster doesn't care about his brother & mother. He gets all the money, plus grandpa died. Money money money.

Buster doesn’t care

Maybe Buster was in on it remember the cops found several tire tracks!

@@mjchiwara I don’t believe that there is much left , as Alex probably gambled it away and owed money .

@@graysgigi I don’t want to believe that . I hope he sees the truth .

He's in jail. You wear what your attorney brings for you to wear.

@@spencertherren6806 Then if he can't bring him a tie because he isn't allowed to wear one as a prisoner then I can understand that but if he can then his attorney is showing disrespect to the court for not having his client dress appropriately.

@@spencertherren6806 I'm not a fan of his attys anyway.

He could wear a clip on bowtie. Hard to commit suicide with a clip on.

Haha yeah I wondered about that. Apparently everyone likes the judge because of his demeanor, but no mention of the fact thay he clearly interrupted the DA's opening statement to go take himself a poo. The judge is clearly relieved when he returns and seems a bit more relaxed, so he probably had to poop pretty badly.

I’m an old man and I know about urgency. and it was😮 probably a pee. He should wear a diaper.

That's what I thought too 😅

no, they are not and will not show the jury.

@@lilg2300 they did last night

Difficult in a fully circumstantial case. They don't want to lose the case because people are on the fence because of no direct evidence. There's tons of circumstantial evidence and I think he's guilty as hell but it is very much all circumstantial (albeit strong circumstantial evidence).

Oh please…

It also says the love of money is the root to all evil

@@risaholland3318 Yes, the bible does specifically say exactly that statement, as well as choosing money.

The Bible also says (Leviticus 20.9) that anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Deuteronomy 22: 20-21 Says if your daughter loses her virginity before marriage then the men of the town must stone her to death. In Hosea 13:4, 9 &16 it says the little ones will be dashed to the ground and pregnant women must be ripped open. The Bible is an entire work of fiction that delights in death and murder, it wants and commands people to commit murder. No wonder why so many people who follow that work of fiction don't have problems killing others. Their brains have been corrupted and their morals destroyed.

@@risaholland3318 - & how true it is.. people mistake the scripture in saying "money is the root of all evil" ; when in fact, it is written "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil..

Why B+ and not an A? Genuinely curious? 😊

I mean AM is there on video 4 minutes before the murders. The only way he didn’t do it is if he left DIRECTLY after the video. Didn’t hear the gunshots from 1/3 a mile away. Didn’t bring his phone down to the hanger for some reason. Calls twice with no answer but doesn’t check in by easily driving down. Either he killed them or he’s the most unlucky person in the world because everything he did was in service of an alibi.

@@MADDcartman and the killers were supposedly waiting in the wings for him to leave - then they strike - but they don't bring their own guns - they come trusting they'll find guns there...?

@@hamishg0rdon agreed. I don’t envy the jurors though. The only thing the defense has is that he cleaned up very well in a ten minute span. Or he just cleaned up at his moms. Either way, very compelling. Ultimately, I think I would put him away knowing all the surrounding factors that put him in this position. If he is innocent, he is the most unlucky person alive, because almost everything points at him.

@@hamishg0rdon Exactly!! Doesn’t add up. It’s all about using critical thinking skills.

But the prosecution does give the narrative you’re referring to during closing arguments. ❤

to erase the video

Alec's voice was on the snap chat video Paul took at the time

To try and delete videos that were incriminating!

well Paul can burn in hell. But yeah Maggie deserves better.

@@michaelsmedsrud8707 wrong. nobody deserves to be killed like this by their own father. And Paul was demonized by these kids in the netflix docu who refused to take any responsibility themselves. they were all drunk and all went to the party and on the boat. not one of them is free of responsibility.

Moron

They don’t have to prove motive

Nope

If my mother and brother were murdered like they were I would won't someone like him.

I think we know now.💔

Greed, Domineering/Overbearing... The fact she OWNED a Majority of their belongings and asset's ... Men in the U.S. are so insecure AND GETTING WEAKER and weaker by the day's

I thought there was something familiar about this family .. it was the boat story! A girl was killed

@@TheKrazykraker14 Yes Mallory Beach .

Exactly!! Best comment on this trial yet!!!!

It's not admissable.

He wouldn't take one