I was thinking the same thing. He should let the professional explain the process & findings . Then, ask his questions. I don't think he knows what to ask ? No wonder it's takes months and years to reach a verdict.
I don't trust anyone on either side of this case. The handling of this case has been a joke in my opinion and all to create reasonable doubt. I assume AM has dirt on almost everyone in that courtroom and the departments that handled his case.
@@sandy-rr1by Right! You hear about old cold cases being solved with DNA testing that was not available when the cringe was committed... They can't treat THAT jacket now... EVER!
There was no need for all this work the guy is guilty the minute he started explaining to the police he napped for 30 minutes,he was gone for 45 minutes etc. Who would remember all these details after seeing his son and wife brutally shot. How could he remember all these details.obviously all rehearsal in his mind as planned..RIP Maggie and Paul
THE EVIDENCE ITEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TESTED, FOR GOODNESS SAKE! THE LAWYERS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ARE ACTUAL PROFESSIONALS, AND QUITE ACCUSTOMED TO COURT TRIALS. ALL THE EVIDENCE ITEMS WOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN TESTED IN THE APPROPRIATE LABS. THE FACT THAT THE TECHNICIAN PUT ON GLOVES IS TO SHOW THE JURY HOW SHE WOULD PROCEDE WITH PREPARING THE ITEMS FOR TESTING!
He blew his wife and son away out of narcissistic blame and for finacial gain. When narcissists loose their wealth, stay right away. Their ego is tied to their bank accounts and they get desperate and will take advantage of or do anything to anyone near to them or themselves.
@@RYU583 I would be worried if that described everyone. You are very mistaken and delusional the poor or disadvantage would give you their last dollar. The rich will rip your arm off grabbing that dollar! MUPPET!
@@misscherryblossomm yes, because we so many millionares attacking people in the streets with hammers and knives trying to get thier last dollar. Pathetic dunce
@@RYU583 Greedy people who tie their ego to money are limited to a type (at least on my island anyway). They have zero self worth without their money. Poor are just steeling. However, if they gained reasonable finances, then were about to loose it, some of them would be just as dangerous also.
Style doesn't matter in an appeal, . He is an old school country lawyer and has a very successful record. The defense has been fumbling in many of their presentations too. Jury is all that matters.
@lowcountryantiques3696 I wouldn't be surprised at anything since I don't know jurors. Of it is hun, I think they will re try him unless he decides to go for a plea deal . He still will be on trial for all his 99 count finance crimes . So he's not going to get off completely.
Lol bullshit, they're still in the foreplay stage of the case, they're just showing off how professional their evidence analyst is to remove any possible thoughts of incompetence on her part. It worked, she nailed it
Why is this attorney so annoyingly redundant? Especially when he isn't listening. This poor witness is looking at him like thank you Lord I don't have to deal with you every day
No blood on the shoes? The shirt???? If I stumbled across two of my family members’ murdered corpses, the cops would have to drag me off of them screaming and crying! I’d be crazy and covered in blood!!!! When you’re in shock like that you try crazy things to bring people back, shake them, call their names, stuff like that. The way he sounded on the 911 call compared to how clean he looked afterwards is a huge red flag. 😮
This attorney should have been wearing gloves BEFORE the box was even opened. He's contaminating the evidence and the defense says nothing..wow!! This attorney is horrible, horrible. The expert is very uncomfortable, especially when he grabs one of the bags out of her hand. Disgusting behavior from that prosecuting attorney.
"Contaminated the evidence"??? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ You should be up there as It's obvious to me who know what they are doing between him and Miss wildlife.... 😆
This attorney never seems to listen to the witness; particularly when he asks them to tell the jury about themselves - he's not interested enough to listen; because he'll then asks them to describe something that they just described.
Those attorneys would loose my attention. Takes forever to get to the point, everything gets repeated…. I know everything is very technical in us court, but ….
RIGHT?!?! There’s no pattern, no flow, no timeline…their witnesses are all over the place…AND the jury can’t take notes!! (Something I’ve never heard of before) Imagine having to decide someone’s fate based solely on your memory of what you could retain from this clown show! IMO, I felt like this was an open & shut case-despite being circumstantial-but the prosecution makes their point impossible to follow.
@@_Hayday_ the jury won’t have to go just off of memory they can request transcripts and review evidence while deliberating but agree this would have me zoning out and i don’t think I would remember much of it. All I can think is he’s hoping the jury will come away with an overall feeling that the evidence was handled by professionals who processed the items according to standard protocol. Not like in the OJ case where the crime scene team mishandled everything and contributed to that murderer being acquitted.
@@stephaniechampion7260 yeah, I think it’s a solid case, but it almost feels like the prosecution is just throwing the case. People may already be hesitant to find Alex guilty because of who he is, so prosecution needs to step it up!! Hopefully the jurors can follow this a bit better, being from the same area & all. Also, the way that prosecutor was handling that evidence yesterday?? Horrendous!!
I'm not a fan of the defense. If this is what you can call them. They seem to pick on the witness to intimidate, anger the witness. They know he guilty.
Why was there ripped up duct tape scattered across the poncho? Because he had used it as a wrapping of the two guns, as he brought them to their final resting place.
Wow I am extremely underwhelmed by the prosecutor in this case. He didn't know what questions to ask, plus contaminated the evidence. Did they find him at the prosecutor dollar tree store?🤦
He clearly committed these murders as I have believed since day 1. I still belive as I did right after the murders, that the investigation of this crime scene was NOT properly handled on purpose. As Mandy reported in the Murdaugh murders podcast, Duffy stone and his team were involved from the start in this investigation . Alex and the rest of the Murdaugh family is a close friend of his and Alex counted on his team to do the investigation. Knowing he would not face charges for their Murder. Sled may have been called in that night to investigate but it is very clear to everyone that they did NOT investigate like they would have done if it were John Smith or any regular person that made this 911 call. They always investigate the 911 caller or husband of the person murdered 1st because most of the time they are the person who did it. None of Alex's interviews with police had any questions to this nature. Then receiving a search warrant for the whole property they do NOT search the home for clothes,blood weapons that night. Days later or weeks they search the home. Excuse me did they just ensure he had tie to get rid of the evidence!!! Letting all the people onto the property, inside the home and all over the crime scene. Everyone is very upset at their intentional contaminating and not even collecting or trying to collect evidence that would prove Alex did this. Everyone knows sled is not this stupid or sloppy.The good ol boy was being protected because of who he is. The family shocks the Hell out of me that they knowing Alex did this to Maggie and Paul and helping him get away with it. Do they not get that they are showing that they didn't love Maggie and Paul at all by doing this. How can they close their eyes and sleep at night. Maggie may be Alex brothers "inlaw" but Paul was their beloved nephew. Busters little brother. How can they show him such disrespect after what Alex did to him and his mother. They may not have believed it in the beginning but with all that has come out in the trial they have to know the truth. They should want Alex dads body exumed to see if the murder weapons are in deed in his coffin. If they don't then clearly they never loved Aggie and Paul. I don't care if it were my brother that did this to my family . I would want justice for the victims and let my brother suffer and pay for his actions not help him get away with it. For the rest of their lives they will be haunted by their actions and never find happiness in their lives.
@carla hoard Herrick I am fairly new to the details of this case. Can you expand on your comment about the weapons possibly being in Alex’s dad’s coffin?
Why would it shock you that his family is helping him? This family has held a strong hold with politics, the court system, and comes from a long line of lawyers. They had to take down grandfathers portrait picture from the courthouse for his trial..
Why didn't they test for DNA ( or blood ) He said he rolled over his son to check for pulse... Why would he do that if he said his brains were blown out ? Humm
I found it odd that Alec touched both Maggie and Paul yet was spotless when he was photographed, indicating he had showered and cleaned up before police arrived. Not to mention, Alec was wearing different clothes when he was found by police than the clothes he was wearing when Paul filmed him just before the murders. This is further evidence that Alec hid incriminating evidence of his complicity in these two murders.
Expert witness: wears gloves , careful when handling evidence from double homicide. State’s Counsel: let me just contaminate this evidence, throw some away, turn my back to the jury most of the time, and invade this witness’s personal space.
I love when housewives are on the internet criticizing a person doing their job and don't know the first thing they are talking about. Please educate yourself on how ridiculous your comment is. Thanks
@Andrea L Well not you hun, I'd let you be a housewife 😁 😊😉... And i mean that with nothing but respect honestly. Being a housewife ain't no easy job also lol.
Love your perspective. #1 in my most ‘critical’ books. You’re so real and I appreciate you! 💯 Don’t really have the patience to watch anyone else in this platform. Keep up your straight forward and to the point perspective. 🇨🇦
Yeah because they are gonna be doing all the analysis and testing DURING or AFTER the trial right? Sorry I'm not trying to be a jerk as you asked it as a question but yeah its all been throughly tested and done by this point.
And even tho they are scissors, not the first choice of tool you would use to open a package, it amazes me how inept they are at opening the evidence boxes. Opening christmas presents must take a long time at this girl's house.
This girl makes me smile she's so upbeat and professional bless her. The prosecutor WOW he really is quite gruff...he seems out of place in his profession 🤣
If the state loses this case it’s because of the negligence, whether intentional or not, of SLED investigators and the forensic (lack of) evidence that they never bothered to collect. The house and entire property should have been a crime scene not just at the kennel. Also, including Alex’s mothers house and property. The housekeeper stated that there were dirty clothes and wet towels on the floor at the house , where someone obviously had taken a shower, but investigators didn’t think it was important? Conveniently, any evidence was washed away by the housekeeper the following day, at Alex’s request for her to make sure the house was in order. I do believe that some of the SLED agents were incompetent, either on purpose or on command.
If I was a suspect, I would definitely hope that the officer who is testing me, hadn’t handled his firearm or been to a range, prior to him putting in the gloves that he will then test me for GSR with. The cop putting on the gloves could be completely contaminated, and thereby contaminate the gloves that he’s wearing. If that’s the case, the person “being tested” will have his text contaminated thanks to the officer, without anyone else knowing about it.
45:00 or so. I don’t know if these “lawyers” are playing dumb, or just managed somehow to scrape their way through law school some other way. But come on….. at least act like you didn’t just come out of hospital from a head trauma. The way this guy is acting and asking questions, is just embarrassing
Ok I dont WANT to be rude, but for real, did anyone in the comments watch the video in its entirety?! People asking "why not dna test", because she personally doesn't do those tests! She does gun residue. She said anything AFTER it leaves her hands, she doesn't know what they tested for. When I commented about the defense attorneys questions being told "uhm thats the prosecution", when if you watched the video in its entirety, the defense questions her AFTER the prosecuting attorney. People should really not be up in the comments if you can't fully watch or pay attention to the video your commenting on!!
Finally someone here with some common sense and intelligence!! I'd treat you to dinner or a drink cause I appreciate your comment so much! Very well said!... And not just saying that cause you're very beautiful! 😊 Well said Cassie!
Weird they test for gsr groinal area... yet just the upper chest left and right... why not down the front? Like the material that often hangs down over the groinal area... often referred to as the tails of the t-shirt. If in fact someone shot from the hip there would be more of a chance for gsr on the tail end of the garment. Js
Why were the raincoat and seat belt not examined until September and October? WTH surely all should be done together? I find all this absolutely fascinating as in the UK trials are not televised at all….it’s so interesting but I have loads of questions. 😮
He is not in jail right now. He us in couet, he may not be able to have it in jail, so he is enjoying it. I thought they were mints or something or nuts.
Even after convicted, we still have zero clear motives. Doesn't make any damn sense why he would kill his family. It was just that he appeared to be so full of crap, that we had no other option other than guilty bcz we knew it was clear he was lying.
omfg why was he not told to wear gloves!? if the expert sitting there is wearing gloves wouldn’t that be your first thought perhaps I should put on gloves too if I’m going to be touching the evidence?? Good lordddddddd
Physical evidence has already tested in lab, retrieved all necessary evidence. Therefore, no need to wear gloves to handle them. Ms. Hall is used to gloves wearing procedures.
Was there any blood on that raincoat?!? If not, then was it likely that the raincoat was used in the murders? It could have been used at other times when the owner went hunting or shooting target and therefore have gsr!
I think Alex put it on after the murders to cover his clothes then went and cleaned up. Showered and changed his clothes. He ditched his murder clothes and the guns somewhere who knows.
I haven't really paid much attention to this case, but would you mind catching me up to date. I only know that they found a gun that was capable of firing the rounds and a video if a dog that had Alex's voice in the background. What else am I missing?
The same place they always sit in a courthouse. The jury box Have you seen the amount of people in the seats That’s a lot definitely not a small court room.
Probably because it's multi-purpose article. It can be used for a tarp, a tent, a poncho and has one other demonstrated use (according to the ad I saw for the product.)
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Well yes. See sofie in the U.S all the testing is done BEFORE the trial. At this point the chain of custody has contaminated it to this point no more testing can be possible once it's made its way to trial. But all evidence has been tested thoroughly by both sides WAY before this point. In your country do they test evidence AFTER the trial? It's shocking to me how little common sense people in these comments have. But yet are judging stuff they obviously know nothing about. So save your WTF's for something worth it.
@@judysibley1066 I think her facts were fine. Not sure she should have "done it" any differently. I just find her demeanor to not match the occassion. Just strikes me as odd.
I need some help here. These attorneys keep acting like they don't already know what the witnesses are going to say. Like it's just as much news to them, as to the jury. Don't they depose the witnesses? Are the attorneys asking questions to which they don't know the answers?
they have to do that because jurors are not as educated on what is happening..just like in basic training you could have a doctorate, but they are instructing you as if you are in third grade
Mr.Meadors was in retirement he's so good at what he does They called him out of retirement to help with the case, so give the man some credit, he's 84 years old! Just how well would Your performance be at the ripe young age that he is? He did Well imo....yes he did. Geesh!
This Attorney has such a crude and fumbling way of handling the evidence 🤦
I was thinking the same thing. He should let the professional explain the process & findings . Then, ask his questions. I don't think he knows what to ask ? No wonder it's takes months and years to reach a verdict.
@@debbiekay6036 The interesting thing about this attorney is that he is one of perhaps two attorneys who have ever won a case against Harpootlian!!!!!
@@annikathomas6685 but in what year ? 1904 ? He’s mentally slow now 😂
@Annika Thomas What has Poot been up to this trial? I haven't heard him since opening arguments and the other 2 I have heard sound like bafoons
@@debbiekay6036 it doesn't take months or years to reach a verdict...you must mean something else
Idk where this defense attorney is trying to go with his questioning, sounds more like a waste of time from a bumbling old man
unfortunately I think that's the prosecution?
The second attorney questioning her was the defense
@@angelac3788 first attorney was prosecutor. Second attorney was defense. 🙄
Attorney beverage 🙄 What would you have done better?
This isn't a TV show, he needs to set the foundation.
So weird how they are handling and dumping evidence while in court...
I don't trust anyone on either side of this case. The handling of this case has been a joke in my opinion and all to create reasonable doubt. I assume AM has dirt on almost everyone in that courtroom and the departments that handled his case.
@@octobermoon9 Absolutely
It's all been tested. This theatre is for the benefit of the jury, to show that everything has been done thoroughly and professionally.
Yeah, what if there is a new trial? Do they retest stuff?
@@sandy-rr1by Right! You hear about old cold cases being solved with DNA testing that was not available when the cringe was committed... They can't treat THAT jacket now... EVER!
That town will never be the same again.
Very impressed with the professionalism of this young lady!
Too bad, I can't say the same for the bumbling inept prosecutor questioning this witness!
The Defense Attorney is wandering around causing a distraction. A definite deliberate Poot team tactic.
if she graduated in 2010 i wouldn’t exactly say she’s young
@@islanderbyrd1881 I would have liked Mr. Waters to be questioning this witness.
Talk about a mess with this attorney, it’s so distracting as he fumbles around……..
There was no need for all this work the guy is guilty the minute he started explaining to the police he napped for 30 minutes,he was gone for 45 minutes etc. Who would remember all these details after seeing his son and wife brutally shot. How could he remember all these details.obviously all rehearsal in his mind as planned..RIP Maggie and Paul
Griffin is handling all the evidence items with his bare hands while the tech is wearing gloves!
THE EVIDENCE ITEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TESTED, FOR GOODNESS SAKE! THE LAWYERS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ARE ACTUAL PROFESSIONALS, AND QUITE ACCUSTOMED TO COURT TRIALS. ALL THE EVIDENCE ITEMS WOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN TESTED IN THE APPROPRIATE LABS. THE FACT THAT THE TECHNICIAN PUT ON GLOVES IS TO SHOW THE JURY HOW SHE WOULD PROCEDE WITH PREPARING THE ITEMS FOR TESTING!
He blew his wife and son away out of narcissistic blame and for finacial gain. When narcissists loose their wealth, stay right away. Their ego is tied to their bank accounts and they get desperate and will take advantage of or do anything to anyone near to them or themselves.
That pretty much describes anyone.
Acting as if a poor individual wont take advantage of a financial situation is preposterous
@@RYU583 I would be worried if that described everyone. You are very mistaken and delusional the poor or disadvantage would give you their last dollar. The rich will rip your arm off grabbing that dollar! MUPPET!
@@misscherryblossomm yes, because we so many millionares attacking people in the streets with hammers and knives trying to get thier last dollar.
Pathetic dunce
You just nailed it!
@@RYU583 Greedy people who tie their ego to money are limited to a type (at least on my island anyway). They have zero self worth without their money. Poor are just steeling. However, if they gained reasonable finances, then were about to loose it, some of them would be just as dangerous also.
This is like pulling teeth !! I can’t watch, will just watch the summery from now on
Wish Alec would just plea guilty and spare us his bullshit As you can see though he is enjoying this..
I think we can safely say neither lawyer was particularly prepared for this day of court.
Rubbish!
This guy is horrible. This case will easily be appealed if they win. I feel like he’s intentionally screwing this up.
Agree
Style doesn't matter in an appeal, . He is an old school country lawyer and has a very successful record. The defense has been fumbling in many of their presentations too. Jury is all that matters.
They really ack like they don't have a case at times... I believe it will be a hung jury....
@lowcountryantiques3696 I wouldn't be surprised at anything since I don't know jurors. Of it is hun, I think they will re try him unless he decides to go for a plea deal . He still will be on trial for all his 99 count finance crimes . So he's not going to get off completely.
Lol bullshit, they're still in the foreplay stage of the case, they're just showing off how professional their evidence analyst is to remove any possible thoughts of incompetence on her part. It worked, she nailed it
Oh the defense attorney is grabbing the evidence without gloves! :/
That's the PROSECUTOR, sweetie!
Why is this attorney so annoyingly redundant? Especially when he isn't listening. This poor witness is looking at him like thank you Lord I don't have to deal with you every day
Why isn’t the attorney gloved up?
No blood on the shoes? The shirt???? If I stumbled across two of my family members’ murdered corpses, the cops would have to drag me off of them screaming and crying! I’d be crazy and covered in blood!!!! When you’re in shock like that you try crazy things to bring people back, shake them, call their names, stuff like that. The way he sounded on the 911 call compared to how clean he looked afterwards is a huge red flag. 😮
I'm not good with blood and gore I'd have run away fast as I can
why do people get so emotional? like i understand being upset but you have to reason with yourself and understand that they’re gone
@@ThatCatCameBack he's a hunter, used to blood and gore.
He changed shoes and clothes!
Me too I would not have left tempting alone . When my brother died in my arms after a 4 month battle of civic I stayed with him for hours .
This attorney should have been wearing gloves BEFORE the box was even opened. He's contaminating the evidence and the defense says nothing..wow!! This attorney is horrible, horrible. The expert is very uncomfortable, especially when he grabs one of the bags out of her hand. Disgusting behavior from that prosecuting attorney.
He's clumsy.. but the defense had their days with the evidence. It's not like they will discover new things in it.
The evidence by the time of court has already been tested and analyzed.
"Contaminated the evidence"??? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ You should be up there as It's obvious to me who know what they are doing between him and Miss wildlife.... 😆
stop commenting on videos...ya sound very uninformed...
Yea! What an idiot.
This attorney never seems to listen to the witness; particularly when he asks them to tell the jury about themselves - he's not interested enough to listen; because he'll then asks them to describe something that they just described.
That’s to show they are telling the truth
It’s a strategy to convince the jury that the lawyer knows the answer but the forensic expert verifies the facts..
The attorney seems very unprofessional
Wow all these experts were so professional and so prepared!!
Those attorneys would loose my attention. Takes forever to get to the point, everything gets repeated….
I know everything is very technical in us court, but ….
RIGHT?!?! There’s no pattern, no flow, no timeline…their witnesses are all over the place…AND the jury can’t take notes!! (Something I’ve never heard of before)
Imagine having to decide someone’s fate based solely on your memory of what you could retain from this clown show! IMO, I felt like this was an open & shut case-despite being circumstantial-but the prosecution makes their point impossible to follow.
@@_Hayday_ the jury won’t have to go just off of memory they can request transcripts and review evidence while deliberating but agree this would have me zoning out and i don’t think I would remember much of it. All I can think is he’s hoping the jury will come away with an overall feeling that the evidence was handled by professionals who processed the items according to standard protocol. Not like in the OJ case where the crime scene team mishandled everything and contributed to that murderer being acquitted.
@@stephaniechampion7260 yeah, I think it’s a solid case, but it almost feels like the prosecution is just throwing the case. People may already be hesitant to find Alex guilty because of who he is, so prosecution needs to step it up!! Hopefully the jurors can follow this a bit better, being from the same area & all.
Also, the way that prosecutor was handling that evidence yesterday?? Horrendous!!
That attorney sucks...big time
Why isn’t this attorney wearing gloves?
Anyone touching any evidence should but neither did people handling the casings when they were shown last week
And the gun ….
@@StonedBarbiee yea..made no sense at all, especially for anything later, such as a retrial.
By the time of court, the evidence has already been tested and analyzed all it’s going to be.
Why are so many people asking dumb questions?
I'm not a fan of the defense. If this is what you can call them. They seem to pick on the witness to intimidate, anger the witness. They know he guilty.
Thank you. Watching from Alaska.
Why was there ripped up duct tape scattered across the poncho? Because he had used it as a wrapping of the two guns, as he brought them to their final resting place.
that is reflective stitching that was sewn into the rain coat from the manufacturer...
Yea reflective part if the jacket..and the tags are from the lab.
@@lastbestplace8112 Thank you for the info!
Why is he touching the shoes & why did he dump yard debri in trash can??? That was insane!! Tampering with evidence!!
Why the chair for the witnesses sucks (no place to rest your elbows) and why I'm bothered by it? 🥴
Lol now I'm bothered by it too...
Now I’m bothered too 😂 and it’s so high like she’s on display. 😅
Iol I agree….every person looks so uncomfortable in that chair.
Wow I am extremely underwhelmed by the prosecutor in this case. He didn't know what questions to ask, plus contaminated the evidence. Did they find him at the prosecutor dollar tree store?🤦
Seems like he might have came right outta the Dollar Tree Clearance bin.
I just don’t believe the prosecutions motive theory at all I believe he’s is a thief and liar that’s a far cry from a brutal murderer
I was thinking same thing. What a clown . He didn't know his left hand from his right
i agree he is a bumbling idiot and all over the place. Pull him!!!
Is this your first trial? Let me guess, you're an expert because you watch TV. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Girlfriend opened that box up like it was a gender reveal.
He clearly committed these murders as I have believed since day 1. I still belive as I did right after the murders, that the investigation of this crime scene was NOT properly handled on purpose. As Mandy reported in the Murdaugh murders podcast, Duffy stone and his team were involved from the start in this investigation . Alex and the rest of the Murdaugh family is a close friend of his and Alex counted on his team to do the investigation. Knowing he would not face charges for their Murder. Sled may have been called in that night to investigate but it is very clear to everyone that they did NOT investigate like they would have done if it were John Smith or any regular person that made this 911 call. They always investigate the 911 caller or husband of the person murdered 1st because most of the time they are the person who did it. None of Alex's interviews with police had any questions to this nature. Then receiving a search warrant for the whole property they do NOT search the home for clothes,blood weapons that night. Days later or weeks they search the home. Excuse me did they just ensure he had tie to get rid of the evidence!!! Letting all the people onto the property, inside the home and all over the crime scene. Everyone is very upset at their intentional contaminating and not even collecting or trying to collect evidence that would prove Alex did this. Everyone knows sled is not this stupid or sloppy.The good ol boy was being protected because of who he is. The family shocks the Hell out of me that they knowing Alex did this to Maggie and Paul and helping him get away with it. Do they not get that they are showing that they didn't love Maggie and Paul at all by doing this. How can they close their eyes and sleep at night. Maggie may be Alex brothers "inlaw" but Paul was their beloved nephew. Busters little brother. How can they show him such disrespect after what Alex did to him and his mother. They may not have believed it in the beginning but with all that has come out in the trial they have to know the truth. They should want Alex dads body exumed to see if the murder weapons are in deed in his coffin. If they don't then clearly they never loved Aggie and Paul. I don't care if it were my brother that did this to my family . I would want justice for the victims and let my brother suffer and pay for his actions not help him get away with it. For the rest of their lives they will be haunted by their actions and never find happiness in their lives.
Good job Sherlock
@carla hoard Herrick I am fairly new to the details of this case. Can you expand on your comment about the weapons possibly being in Alex’s dad’s coffin?
Why would it shock you that his family is helping him? This family has held a strong hold with politics, the court system, and comes from a long line of lawyers. They had to take down grandfathers portrait picture from the courthouse for his trial..
Ty yy
What coffin
Is that prosecutor dumping stuff on floor working under table for defence??
I love attorney John Meadors. He is a legal rock star.
Why didn't they test for DNA ( or blood )
He said he rolled over his son to check for pulse... Why would he do that if he said his brains were blown out ? Humm
He said he started to but didn't roll him over.
I found it odd that Alec touched both Maggie and Paul yet was spotless when he was photographed, indicating he had showered and cleaned up before police arrived. Not to mention, Alec was wearing different clothes when he was found by police than the clothes he was wearing when Paul filmed him just before the murders. This is further evidence that Alec hid incriminating evidence of his complicity in these two murders.
She said she wouldn't know if they did, she does gun residue, not dna.
Different folks react Differently at this type of shocking situations
„My son‘s brains were up on the ceiling and most of his skull was missing - but fortunately he still had a pulse. 😑👍🏼“
Expert witness: wears gloves , careful when handling evidence from double homicide.
State’s Counsel: let me just contaminate this evidence, throw some away, turn my back to the jury most of the time, and invade this witness’s personal space.
The evidence has already been tested and analyzed before court time
@@aninsolieb8692 that is correct
I love when housewives are on the internet criticizing a person doing their job and don't know the first thing they are talking about. Please educate yourself on how ridiculous your comment is. Thanks
@@cwatson42785housewives?? 😆😆 I wish
@Andrea L Well not you hun, I'd let you be a housewife 😁 😊😉... And i mean that with nothing but respect honestly. Being a housewife ain't no easy job also lol.
Love your perspective.
#1 in my most ‘critical’ books.
You’re so real and I appreciate you! 💯
Don’t really have the patience to watch anyone else in this platform.
Keep up your straight forward and to the point perspective.
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Mr. Murder ugh!
Your wall of lies and deceit is starting to crash down.
Why this lawyer not wearing gloves and spraying his fingerprints,DNA all over evidences
The evidence has already been tested and analyzed as much as it’s going to be by the time it’s presented in court.
Yeah because they are gonna be doing all the analysis and testing DURING or AFTER the trial right? Sorry I'm not trying to be a jerk as you asked it as a question but yeah its all been throughly tested and done by this point.
@@cwatson42785 so what about the cases in which the evidence needs to be retested years later?
@@stephaniechampion7260 this part! Appeal, Retrial and retesting of evidence.
That’s a GSR evidence not DNA evidence material.
They couldn't have found her a decent box cutter instead of using those scissors?
Yea because every courtroom Carrie’s box cutters 🙄
And even tho they are scissors, not the first choice of tool you would use to open a package, it amazes me how inept they are at opening the evidence boxes. Opening christmas presents must take a long time at this girl's house.
@@StonedBarbiee Carrie's???
@@StonedBarbiee why wouldn’t they invest in some box cutters tho? If they occasionally open boxes of evidence in court 🫠
having a witness open a box bored me
I thought America held sacred the presumption of innocence until proven guilty - comments suggest this is not so.
This girl makes me smile she's so upbeat and professional bless her. The prosecutor WOW he really is quite gruff...he seems out of place in his profession 🤣
For such a big case it's a very bad court room for a jury , can they see what is happening on those small screens and no room for anyone
She’s so annoyed but handling the situation so gracefully lol
Officer Bartledoo, says the defense attorney. Thanks Ed Bassmaster. 😆 🤣 😂
If the state loses this case it’s because of the negligence, whether intentional or not, of SLED investigators and the forensic (lack of) evidence that they never bothered to collect. The house and entire property should have been a crime scene not just at the kennel. Also, including Alex’s mothers house and property.
The housekeeper stated that there were dirty clothes and wet towels on the floor at the house , where someone obviously had taken a shower, but investigators didn’t think it was important? Conveniently, any evidence was washed away by the housekeeper the following day, at Alex’s request for her to make sure the house was in order.
I do believe that some of the SLED agents were incompetent, either on purpose or on command.
Move the big box! We …thank you you!!! Finally he did as I was typing. 😅
She is a good representative of the forensics lab!
Why does he handle some of the evidence without gloves while she has them on?
So what I gather is to wear your shirt backwards because they only test most likely areas.
Attorney dumped into trash can the yard debris from shoe evidence?!?!
that wasodd and the no gloves hands all over it
Very unprofessional
Man the defense attorneys are so unlikable in this case. Is that just me?
Bad thing is this guy is prosecuting, he’s very bizarre in his actions
@@Gapeachy3000 His end game is to develop reasonable doubt to get his client free - hung jury. At this point, IMO, AM is indefensible and he knows it.
@@ceciliac2225 I agree 👍🏻
@@Gapeachy3000 I'm talking about the defense
Yes.
If I was a suspect, I would definitely hope that the officer who is testing me, hadn’t handled his firearm or been to a range, prior to him putting in the gloves that he will then test me for GSR with.
The cop putting on the gloves could be completely contaminated, and thereby contaminate the gloves that he’s wearing.
If that’s the case, the person “being tested” will have his text contaminated thanks to the officer, without anyone else knowing about it.
Good point!
this guy is trying an "OJ Simpson" move.
45:00 or so. I don’t know if these “lawyers” are playing dumb, or just managed somehow to scrape their way through law school some other way.
But come on….. at least act like you didn’t just come out of hospital from a head trauma.
The way this guy is acting and asking questions, is just embarrassing
Defense team are just like Laurel and Hardy except they’re funnier. Bumbling ancient fools.
So was gun residue found??
Nice gloves. Lol.
That blue rain jacket looks like a bur tarp🤔
Ok I dont WANT to be rude, but for real, did anyone in the comments watch the video in its entirety?! People asking "why not dna test", because she personally doesn't do those tests! She does gun residue. She said anything AFTER it leaves her hands, she doesn't know what they tested for. When I commented about the defense attorneys questions being told "uhm thats the prosecution", when if you watched the video in its entirety, the defense questions her AFTER the prosecuting attorney. People should really not be up in the comments if you can't fully watch or pay attention to the video your commenting on!!
Finally someone here with some common sense and intelligence!! I'd treat you to dinner or a drink cause I appreciate your comment so much! Very well said!... And not just saying that cause you're very beautiful! 😊
Well said Cassie!
@@cwatson42785 thanks 😉
The "elmo"😂
I like how the woman is using gloves when handling the evidence but the lawyer is just “free balling” it. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
What does SLED stand for.
South Carolina Law Enforcement Department.
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Weird they test for gsr groinal area... yet just the upper chest left and right... why not down the front? Like the material that often hangs down over the groinal area... often referred to as the tails of the t-shirt. If in fact someone shot from the hip there would be more of a chance for gsr on the tail end of the garment. Js
Why were the raincoat and seat belt not examined until September and October? WTH surely all should be done together?
I find all this absolutely fascinating as in the UK trials are not televised at all….it’s so interesting but I have loads of questions. 😮
The didnt recover the raincoat until later.
Try to pay attention. Not just the easy parts.
12:45
🤣 can't open a box
It grosses me out so bad to see Alex chewing his cud and moving it around why does he get that? Isn’t he in jail?
His weird and oddball head bobbing is extremely bizarre as well!
He doesn't have any worry beads!
He is not in jail right now. He us in couet, he may not be able to have it in jail, so he is enjoying it. I thought they were mints or something or nuts.
He has a bag of something he keeps dipping his hand in, probably mints , keeps his mouth from being so dry.
You should request to speak to the manager. (Sigh......)
Even after convicted, we still have zero clear motives. Doesn't make any damn sense why he would kill his family. It was just that he appeared to be so full of crap, that we had no other option other than guilty bcz we knew it was clear he was lying.
omfg why was he not told to wear gloves!? if the expert sitting there is wearing gloves wouldn’t that be your first thought perhaps I should put on gloves too if I’m going to be touching the evidence?? Good lordddddddd
This interview was useless. Glad I fast forwarded most of it.
It’s cleArly a rain jacket, not a tarp
I saw someone post a product ad for the blue poncho/tarp; and it's actually a multi-purpose product. It can be used as a shelter too.
Thi guy is cooked
Physical evidence has already tested in lab, retrieved all necessary evidence. Therefore, no need to wear gloves to handle them. Ms. Hall is used to gloves wearing procedures.
They should test the inside of pockets
Was there any blood on that raincoat?!? If not, then was it likely that the raincoat was used in the murders? It could have been used at other times when the owner went hunting or shooting target and therefore have gsr!
I think they are hypothesizing that guns were hidden in it.
I think Alex put it on after the murders to cover his clothes then went and cleaned up. Showered and changed his clothes. He ditched his murder clothes and the guns somewhere who knows.
I can't believe how bad it looks for alex
I haven't really paid much attention to this case, but would you mind catching me up to date.
I only know that they found a gun that was capable of firing the rounds and a video if a dog that had Alex's voice in the background.
What else am I missing?
Eventually this Prosecutor brought it Home for the State, so stop complaining please, his closing statement was 🎯🔥💯
That court room seems small, where is the jury sitting?
In the jury box and it's not that small
The same place they always sit in a courthouse. The jury box Have you seen the amount of people in the seats That’s a lot definitely not a small court room.
it is to our right of the prosecutors table.
Where is the jury sitting is a really dumb question
No better way to hide a blue kagool put it inside a blue tarp .
The prosecutor tried so hard to avoid calling that a rain coat, jacket(because it undermines their case)
Probably because it's multi-purpose article. It can be used for a tarp, a tent, a poncho and has one other demonstrated use (according to the ad I saw for the product.)
@@LollyMarie1 wow that’s good to know! Had no idea Thank you for posting this.
This lawyer ĥas a good olboy feeling and should be disbarred on so many levels
I know this is about the Blue Tarp, but I can't help thinking about the 4 million dollar settlement for the Saterfield b
NO GLOVES
What a waste of time!!
The old it's been tampered with defence lol,is that all they have?
Wtf...You do that to evidence in usa? 🙈
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Well yes. See sofie in the U.S all the testing is done BEFORE the trial. At this point the chain of custody has contaminated it to this point no more testing can be possible once it's made its way to trial. But all evidence has been tested thoroughly by both sides WAY before this point. In your country do they test evidence AFTER the trial? It's shocking to me how little common sense people in these comments have. But yet are judging stuff they obviously know nothing about. So save your WTF's for something worth it.
It has already been throughly processed
@@molliwilson5639 doesn't matter, because if there is a retrial, it's contaminated now.
People are so odd. Most taking the witness stand are nervous or at least very serious. This lady acts like she is opening up wedding shower gifts.
How do you think she should have done it?
@@judysibley1066 I think her facts were fine. Not sure she should have "done it" any differently. I just find her demeanor to not match the occassion. Just strikes me as odd.
True🤣
None of the history's are needed. The defense sure knows how to ask 99 question that are irrelevant to the defense.
I need some help here. These attorneys keep acting like they don't already know what the witnesses are going to say. Like it's just as much news to them, as to the jury. Don't they depose the witnesses? Are the attorneys asking questions to which they don't know the answers?
they know they are just proving it to jury
they have to do that because jurors are not as educated on what is happening..just like in basic training you could have a doctorate, but they are instructing you as if you are in third grade
Is this a gong show??? You want us to believe this is how all cases are convened???? OMG
Ugh that first attorney needs to put it away. Can’t stand old men like that. Fine line between sweet and creepy. 🤮
Oral and practical demonstrations With a analyst
Enthousiastic dude, but what about she wearing gloves he's not haha showing the rain jacket
No doubt…..Guilty
Yasss Clemson wildlife alumni! 😁
Her eyes look like the Mona Lisa
Mr.Meadors was in retirement he's so good at what he does They called him out of retirement to help with the case, so give the man some credit, he's 84 years old!
Just how well would Your performance be at the ripe young age that he is?
He did Well imo....yes he did.
Geesh!
Prosecutor stinks
Those shoes are trainers they are not cloth.
I heard someone fart lol