@@billyclub9863 What? Lol. Even if for some reason her bags under her eyes are due to her “alcoholism” Neither have anything to do with her beautify and intelligence, lol. Your comment is random lol and obviously you just trolling lol.
@@curiositykilledthecats and you nailed that reply to his comment!😂🎉 If you hada do autopsies on humans who have suffered horrific deaths, you’d need a little nip too.
He is trying to question about her opinion that there is 1 shooter another explanation is 2 shooters, and he is setting up these question to prove its possible there were 2 shooters, also the police and everyone thought alex guilt before doing investigation properly, why didnt they find any bloody clothes or shoes or blood in drains, he may have stolen money but i dont think he murdered his family
He has quite a strong PR presence in SC having won some really high profile cases. The Harpootlian name is very popular for winning. He’s a “bulldog” or “pit bull” as they call them around here. He probably knows all the ways the SC attorneys work to cheat the system. Familiar with the local lawyers MO. They, the lawyers hold their info close here on the dl. “Around here” is 25 miles from my home. Sadly this state is a good old boys network. They know a lot of our population is working poor. Our population is also without an adequate working knowledge of how insurance law works so the lawyers are quick to take cases, knowing the injured education level when they can because that’s how grandpa and great grandpa and uncles and cousins have done it. They also keep the children of the professionals separated from the working poor at the schools they choose. They professionals send their kids to public and the professional or business owners use private schools started in 1964. 😢So prejudice around here.😢 Who knew you could sue for that much money? Another sad result of AM’s Mo is that they are so litigious around here that few to none industries are willing to come bring good paying technical jobs here. Just so sad.
@@shanipoodle1377 I agree- as someone from the low country of South Carolina - I am tired of hearing peoples opinions that do not know the Charleston Culture- certain sayings and voice inflections have multiple meaning its hard to describe unless your from there.
I cannot believe he is talking about “The head exploded” & “His brain went up in the air and landed at his feet”. Now if that is not the most HORRIFIC depiction of what your client - the father - did to his son…….how could this be remotely helpful to the defense???? HORRIFYING. 😮
@@Minnie11chula That's definitely what he's trying to argue. But this pathologist has valid reasons as to why thats not the case. This lawyer is barking up the wrong tree. He's getting nowhere and wasting the jurors time.
I think he's simply dragging out the questioning so the sociopath at the table can shed tears to garner empathy from jurors. He's a master manipulator and is experiencing loss, therefore tears...but its his loss he grieves...not Paul or his wife being robbed of their lives.
Imagine those trials involving fatal car accidents & what families go through listening to descriptions of loved one when lawyers working for an insurance company discuss the scene with first responders on the stand 😢
OMG asking 100 questions about his brain popping out of his head. That lawyer is just ridiculous, he is not a doctor and his difference of opinion is not what happened. This woman has vast experience and knowledge of corpses that have been shot. That lawyer needs to retire.
And they have said he is one of the best defense attorneys this state has.....wow also I believe it was reported that he was either a senator or congressman
SHE IS AN EXCELLENT HIGHLY INTELLIGENT PHYSICIAN. As a retired RN I've worked with highly intelligent doctors, this attorney needs to stop acting like he's a first year med student.
She should be a teacher. Seriously. Watching her with the prosecutor drawing the wounds on the body charts was great. She made it easy to understand and kept her testimony engaging while maintaining her professionalism and her testimony always came across as reliable, well-informed, and trustworthy.
This is a highly effective cross. A lot of people might not like it, but it is his job to rattle her and to poke holes into her assessment. This guy is not senile, far from it. This was the groundwork for their own expert. They will have one and he has started to cast doubts. The American legal system is that way and that's why it is not really fair. Rich people pay a lot of money for an attorney like this. One with theatrics and experience. His defense is very effective and I still doubt that he will get a guilty verdict. This is all circumstantial. There is no weapon, and there is no real motive.
It only takes one slip from an “expert” to lean a case in either direction. This is how a high stakes, low level of evidence, top tier defense teams work. Court proceedings are not fast, & get extremely repetitive especially through cross examination. Understand what you’re watching.
His “I’m just a good ole boy trying to wrap my head around this information” is exhausting! He’s definitely not that stupid, and if I were a juror, I’d be soooo annoyed with his line if defense.
Watching these guys fumble around makes me more impressed with the three DA's in Waukesha. They weren't allowed to leave the table and were far more professional than these bumblers!
23:31 the lawyer is holding an xray photo of paul. You can see the severe, catastrophic wound he suffered. That is soooooooo sad. I know he had his issues but no one deserves that. RIP Paul and Maggie.
@@MissEMc2 yes, you're right. I didn't realize that til later. However, there are two pictures, one Paul one Maggie, on Reddit. They were both left on the prosecutor's computer screen and the cameras captured them. Idk if they're still on reddit or not but I saw both. Grisly and very sad
To murder your child let alone your wife, is the most horrifying act you could commit. Most of us could never do that to another human being, let alone your family. He sacrificed them to give him time? The higher they rise, the worse they are as human beings. May they both Rest in Peace God Bless them. ✝️🙏
THE HIGHER THE WICKED RISE IS A VERY TRUE STATEMENT, HOWEVER, THE LATTER OF THIS STATEMENT IS,"" THE HARDER THEY FALL""..... UNIMAGINABLE....THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF PURE EVIL.
Now that I heard the facts on the ballistic results that the expert couldn't match the bullets in Maggie's body and at the crime scene to the blackout rifle then I think Alec is innocent! Paul and Buster each got a blackout rifle for Christmas one year and one night while Paul was at a party with friends his who are also Mallory beach's friends and the rifle was stolen from Paul's truck at that party. Now fast forward to the murders of Paul and Maggie I believe 2 people were waiting and watching in the tree line behind the kennels to execute Paul in retaliation for what happened to Mallory and one of the gunmen is the one who stole the other blackout rifle from Paul's truck and that's why the ballistics didn't match up because Paul was shot with his stolen black out rifle. The culprits waited for alec to leave the property then they killed Maggie and Paul and they're probably laughing knowing alec's the perfect scapegoat or fall guy. I really don't think he is the killer
I still don’t think he did it. I might be PROVEN wrong. But dang man. All y’all going off what ya feel and think, it’s innocent until proven guilty. Wait for the entire case to be over at least
And he loved money more than he loved his own flesh & blood son and his sons mother that gave birth to him…Alex Murdaugh Is a stupid, cold hearted, cold blooded, psychotic stone faced killer just like his past generations of Murdaugh cowards were… and got by with…this greed does catch up with you big time… he didn’t think it would because it never did…but it’s time to pay the price…
To be fair, he had very little to work with. But his arguments here were very weak. He had to know he was reaching. And he had to have sat done after all of this knowing it was a loss.
It was Alec he shot them like he was shooting game. Kicked MM to see if she was alive and then to make sure he shoots her in the head. He was the only one with access to his guns. He's a coward.
They don’t even have the guns that killed them they are assuming everything! Where’s the bloody cloths where’s the guns where is everything they don’t have nothing except assumptions y’all! I need more then what this prosecutor is trying to push here! No defense wounds on either one of them he just walks up la la la pow shoots Paul swaps guns and shoot her 5 times! Hides both guns his bloody clothes and anything else smh! Judge Judy’s saying if it don’t make sense it’s not true! None of their theories make any sense to me shoulda woulda coulda.
@donnameans1030 they don't have anything because AM got rid of them. Duh. Did you think he was going to hand them over? I'm glad people like you aren't on the jury if you don't realize that little bit - how could you handle trying to understand more complex ideas? 🤔
@@psb12121right? Circumstantial evidence is evidence none the less! Most cases are built on circumstantial evidence and it’s equal to physical evidence and the jury will be told that, if they haven’t been already.
@@donnameans1030 They don't have the guns because Buster went and gathered them all up. He is on video doing this. There is a Netflix special about all of this. It's crazy how many times this family has allegedly gotten away with murder. Alex, Buster, and Paul got away with it because they have the cops were all in Alex’s back pocket. It's disgusting what they all got away with. It goes all the way back to Alex’s father and grandfather
This attorney seems intent on attempting to prove that he is more knowledgeable about forensic pathology, than a respected pathologist with stellar credentials and years of experience. What a waste of court time. Stumbling around , trying to locate his disorganized paperwork, began to look like a Tim Conway skit, rather than a court of law.
He looked very incompetent I agree he should not be practicing law or defending scum bc he is terrible at it no matter what this doctor said he only heard what he wanted or believed
Because you seen it happen, how do you know people werent waiting or hiding to do this in 12 acres of land, its funny how his sons was gonna be tried for boating accident soon, i think people got to him that thought he would get away lightly with the boating accident trial, there target was paul and i think maggie was unfortunatley at the wrong place at the wrong time and seen who shot paul, then the second shooter shot her
@@shanipoodle1377 I agree only for the simple fact that innocent until proven guilty. You have to listen to all the evidence. Social media is gonna be key in a ton of mistrials , for the good and bad , because if someone is ever on a jury and an attorney can show that some judgmental prick has had any posts or comments in other trials far before they’ve heard all the evidence ; then they’ll use it in court and hopefully not ever but get an actual murderer off for mistrial. Listen to the whole case. I have had multiple different opinions in this case but they’ve changed as I listen to everything. And not saying whether I think Alex is guilty or not but that I think there’s several different possible scenarios based on what I’ve heard so far.
@@jennywilliams531 if that’s true , then that’s suspect. If my wife and son had just been murdered the last thing I’d be doing is looking at porn. Honestly , if I had jus killed my wife and son I wouldn’t be looking at porn. LoL
@@USAEast you definitely wouldn’t think so. That’s pretty bold. I’m not saying he did or didn’t do it but smart enough to hustle millions from his law firm and customers/victims until his son put a spot light on him with the boat crash. But drugs will mess with your better judgement
This monster stood right in front of his son looking him in the face un loaded a 12 gauge shotgun into his chest and head, his poor wife witnesses this in horror and tries to run but due to health problems couldn't run very fast the monster then picks up the AR and basically stalks her as she's probably screaming for her life as he shoots her at close range. Imagine the terror they both felt as this creep turned on them.
Actually Maggie was around the corner from when Paul was shot. She came to explore who was firing a gun as it was common to hear hunters around the area. Paul was turned sideways and was not looking directly at his father when the first shot was fired.
@@kutatm Right! Then he stepped to the side of the door and hit him the final time as he tried to make his way out the feed room. I don’t believe he ever saw his father. But Maggie definitely saw him, they probably made eye contact, because she was hit front to back 1st.
He is just hammering away about the gas entering the skull, apologizing and then shows enlarged photos of the brain laying on the ground. He isn’t going to get her to agree about the entrance and contact wound. I thought he only had rudimentary knowledge of this. If I was a juror I would not believe a word he says, badgering this witness isn’t going to do anything for the case.
He is a BIG BULLY! HE IS GRASPING AT STRAWS! leave this witness alone! The GPS data on Friday should seal his fate if the jurors were paying attention., HARPO is all fluff!
Yeah. He accomplished nothing in the more than an hour he spent rehashing the same facts. It wasnt self indicted, and it's not "reasonable" to come to that conclusion. And how he thinks he knows more (or better) than her about pathology is beyond me.
😢I felt so sorry for this coroner!! Also for the defendant having a lawyer such as this! He drug this out over and over, same question! She wasn’t there to give him a lesson in anatomy! The book he had he just got himself to look stupid! The book was about a contact wound !! Not 3 feet away! If she told him that once she told him ten times!!
Alex is sitting there crying because he is reliving what he did to his family and knows exactly where each of them were standing and how it all went down...but still not enough to stand up and throw himself at the mercy of the court.
The defense team is hilarious. They are so incompetent. The old man should have retired years ago, the other two were behind the door when brains were passed out. Alexa gulity, guilty, guilty!!!!!!
Or he’s just waiting on Alec to get up and scream, I did it!!! My guess is, there’s not a whole lot for him to choose from as far as good representation. He has already screwed over everyone he’s known….
I get it. Decades ago I was a reporter and sat in on horrible murder trials (as well as funerals for victims when asked), and sometimes - often - there are these rare moments of levity. Honestly the more horrible the case, sometimes, the more a moment of humor is needed. Never at the victim's expense - most often at a lawyer's, or at something a witness has said that is genuinely relatable or humorous (again, never at the victim's expense in my own experience). There are often fond, loving, humorous stories that honor the deceased, told by witnesses or people at memorial services, etc. This is such a horrifying thing for any ordinary person to hear about and view photos of that any socially acceptable reason to laugh/release tension is grasped at like a life preserver.
OH, MY. GOODNESS! This defense attorney is absolutely determined to ignore everything this expert is saying. He will not take her word for the 3 feet distance. He kept saying 3 to 4 feet. He also kept insisting on using illustrations from a contact wound. I am frustrated, so I can't imagine the degree of frustration this doctor must be feeling. I would HATE to have to work with man, or be around him. I don't understand why the prosecutor is not objecting that the witness is being badgered. Nor do I understand why there is no objection that questions have been asked and answered. I have not quite finished the video, so I expect the prosecutor has a plan for putting all of this into perspective and countering this ridiculous cross examination.
@@DD-d6d3 Yeah I think you're right. If were all annoyed at how repetitive and pointless these line of questions are I can only imagine the jurors are as well. He's spent over an hour trying to get to her agree with him about a contact wound (aka self inflicted gunshot) and she's justifiably shutting him down every time as to why it's not possible. An utter waste of time. Btw, was there a shotgun lying next to Paul's body? I don't remember hearing that.
The first time I watched this, I thought Harpootlian was being rude to her because he resents professional women. But then I saw he bullied male witnesses as well. Turns out he’s just an entitled old fool.
I still can’t seem to get this case out of my mind. I think of everyone involved. Feeling awful for everyone.... Paul and Maggie did not deserve this. I wonder how Buster is doing... I’d imagine it’s all so hard dealing with the media on top of his grief. It’s such a devastating case. 🥺 🙏
I feel bad for buster too. The public has done nothing but attack the poor kid. He not only lost his mother and his brother, he also lost his father who will rot in jail now.
I’m glad other people agree she’s a very smart . I love how she explains things and terms easier to understand instead other forensic pathologist or coroners. Some forensic pathologist or coroners use very scientific terms when they testify and for regular people is hard to understand.
Did you see Alex shake his head “yes” and then “no” when the defense lawyer was asking the Dr. about the position of Paul’s body when first shot was fired.
He has all his notes, files, photos and assistants on tap and still has problems remembering where and when, yet he expects this very competent Doctor to remember like it was yesterday...It's ridiculous that he is trying to say she's a bit hit and miss in her work..
Yes, his goal was to discredit the doctor as a professional witness. He definitely tried to trip her up.and cause confusion with his nonsense. I thought the doctor was very professional.
He doesn’t look comfortable with the description of Maggie’s autopsy either, but Paul’s injuries were a lot more destructive to his actual body…I think this is unfair. He may or may not have inflicted the injuries, but either way, hearing on this in a public courtroom or even privately, has to affect a man that was married and had a son! I would not have held it together as well as he did, guilty or not.
Pootie apologizes about graphic pictures to the jury; meanwhile Alex just sits there emotionless, hearing in exhaustive stumbles & mumbles about his son’s brain. There wasn’t a tear in sight, no heavy breathing, & no snot from his nose. Pootie was trying to confuse her about the height of shooter. Does he think that a shotgun can’t be fired from the hip?
I know right? I personally think Alex could have been sitting in the golf cart? This lawyer thinks jurors are stupid and is annoying. None of his questions have anything to do with WHO did or didn't commit this crime.
Remember he is Alex attorney trying to confuse her. She knows her knows stuff. He is trying to wear her down and confuse he. But she is to smart for that. That's ok what Defence Attorney do to win.
The arrogance of the defence, why is the Judge allowing this? She said it was not a contact wound that caused this injury. Surely she can only be challenged by another pathologist reviewing the facts for the defence. He is questioning her professionalism. It was NOT a contact wound. Also he is of that old school that only takes male opinions seriously.
That’s how some lawyers make money. All persons charged with a crime deserve a vigorous defense. The question will be whether any of the jurors are dense.
We all know that but boy it riles me up too! I also find this defence lawyer to be sleezy & purposely harassing this witness. If I was on the jury he would have my back up.
pooh pooh to Mr Harpootlian … a total disgrace as a human being let alone as an attorney … the professionalism & integrity of this Pathologist is stark contrast to his incompetence
How could Alec allow that,but AM said he wanted to clear his sons name in the boat accident,so why would he allow this insinuation of the son killing his mom, how would he clear Paul’s name from killing his mother? Doesn’t even make sense.
Boy this Old Bird defense attorney Harpootlian is just wasting time asking the stupid questions to the autopsy female professional. He is wasting time to confuse the jurors. Or he just likes to hear himself ask stupid questions.
@nitrujillo...................He is wasting time to confuse the jurors ..................No he isn't !!! He's wasting time building up his pay-packet😉😅😂
Going by her decades of doing this, court witness, year in year out, I would expect it would take a far greater attorney than him to rattle her, quite the reverse in fact. Watching her facial expressions ( and those of many of the public and prosecution team ) is a picture, as he bumbles and fumbles for paperwork, has to keep apologising to the judge, constantly repeats questions he has been given answers to, jumps from one thing to another, forgets where he is up to, rather than following logical steps. You can see the stark contrast between her concise, to the point, professional conduct and his, and often others of the defence teams ineptitude. In a similar conversation, say between you and I, one of us would be saying something like .........." What the ( enter your own word here 😉) are you talking about " ..............🤔😂😅
@Silver Surf just part of his cultivated "good old boy" demeanor that probably worked many times before when the Murdaughs ruled. Not going to work this time. Retire, you old fool!
Alex was so concerned about “clearing”his son’s precious name…Harpootlian is trying to prove Paul committed suicide! btw, the Murdaugh name is officially MUD after Alex’s horrendous actions!
He’s also a South Carolina Senator. He may have been a good lawyer in his day, but I think he’s a little past his prime now. Of course that’s just my opinion! 😂
Shooting humans with a Rifle or Shotgun is unbelievably Sickening, Grotesque, HATE, he was going down from the Money THEFT and didn't want them to live a Good life without him😠😠 Patty Sue in MARYLAND
She’s NOT good at all seriously you missed the point….. she waffled bluffed and was unscientific throughout…. Not one question was answered directly, succinctly and with scientific evidence to rely on….. she used possibly, probably, in most cases, I don’t think that would happen etc etc all supposition not fact!!
@@jokeogh7698 Actually, any good scientist does not state things confidently and with certainty if there is only a degree of probability that it happened this or another way. They all hedge. Confidence is misleading. More often than not, confident statements == not a real scientist
@@jokeogh7698yeah she is & yeah she most certainly did use scientific/medical knowledge. The defense attorney was lost because he’s defending a client who’s guilty AF which is why he kept trying to manufacture the whole “contact wound & gases” nonsense along with an inability to grasp basic angles associated with gun shot injuries. She’s done over 5000 autopsies in 20 years and you’ve done 0. She has multiple medical degrees and you have 0 in this field nor are you experienced in this area at all so stfu🤡
Part of defense strategy is to emphasize the brutality and destruction caused by the shotgun blasts hoping to persuade the jury that a loving father could never do that to his son.. Not going to work, though.
I heard a commentator say the laughing @33:38 is the jury. She said they were laughing (in commaraderie) with the defense attorney. "The jury likes him." I beg to differ. I think they were laughing in response to the Dr saying "No, I dont like that." Then he hands her the pointer saying "OK well show me what you like."
If I was the judge I would have told the defense attorney to move on!! We know gas and the projectile go together, that's how a damn gun works! Why keep asking the same damn question! This attorney is a jackass!! What a waste of time!! My goodness!! I guarantee you the coroner knows which one is the entrance and exit wounds!! He is really condescending!! Smdh
Why does this attorney ask questions from the pathologist that are not in her expertise? She looks at the body, not what the shooter was doing, not what kind of ammo, not the gun. It's almost like he never interviewed his witness.
I believe Alec killed Maggie and Paul because the Beach attorney said he would sue them next if Alec didn't come up with the money. That DEADline was around June l0!!! In his sick mind he probably thought he was 'saving' them from being sued, in which Alec would LOSE big time as well. The deadline that attorney gave Alec probably sealed the fates of Maggie and Paul. WOW.
I think a human being taking opioids for the length of time AM took them would have a totally distorted brain. His reasoning certainly would not be logical & I’m sure it would be in a paranoid state where he would make bazar decisions. A very dangerous man imo.
@@michelepastele5347 You ever seen someone strung out on dope? Especially someone who can feed their habit? He ain’t it. Never was. That short rehab stint wasn’t meant to be rehab like you’re thinking. Withdrawal is one thing you can’t fake, & has tales that nothing will cover up.
I am stuck in this rabbit hole of why. Why? I tend to think the "pill" theory was a cover up for what he was using his money for. Where was all the money going? Maybe I just can't understand why dogs are treated so unkind, let alone treating the love of your life and your own son in such a deplorable manner. What would drive someone to do this? I keep watching and listening without explanation. Such a sad, sad case. Paul got the last laugh from the grave. Was AM hoping he would get a multimillion dollar life insurance payout that could pay off his debts?
That first shot didn't kill either one of them. They both died seeing and knowing exactly who was shooting them her husband and the sons father.Alex sitting there listening to that testimony replaying in his minds exactly what happened.happened. Did his son or wife say something to him before he put the final bullet in them.Very evil man what did their maid know that she mysteriously came up dead in their home and Alex stealing millions of dollars from the dead housekeeper case.One son same one dad shot and killed accused of drunk while boating death of young lady.Buster been wispers for years he had something to do with young gay guy death..Buster was rumored to had a sexually relationship with him didn't want their secret to get out.Still not clear why Alex was having so many financial problems that he was stealing from clients. What was he doing with all that money. How is he able to afford a attorney owing people so much?
The defense attorney needs to be put out to pasture. He is way past his prime. This cross examination is painful to watch. He looks so disjointed to his own examination. He makes no point and no headway in the defense case.. what a bozo the clown!! Smh!! 🤦🏻♀️
I can't understand why when a dad/husband take out their own family why do they spare their own life....Some also kill themselves but those who don't they are cowards!!!
What is this defense ,lawyer babbling about? The victims were killed by shotgun blasts...what bearing does the penetration angle (into the bodies) mean anything?
It means a lot. Alex is taller than the son….or someone else, so he throwing in the possibility that someone of a different stature, or possibly the sone himself, could have shot that gun. Basically if you are not positive the prosecution is correct and there could possibly be someone else do the shooting he could be found innocent. I’m born and raised Deep South. I see all the comments inferring him using his “awww…shucks…I’m a dummy” as a way to question… but it’s actually a possibility he’s throwing doubt into this jury through this line of questioning. This is quite annondated answer but essentially he’s actually casting doubt here. Btw, I think AM is guilty imo.
That poor young man was probably just standing there, looking at his phone, maybe about to text his friend back when he was senselessly murdered. After he was shot, he turned to look at who did this, took a few steps, then was shot again. It makes me so incredibly sad and angry that people do this to others, especially to a young person, so full of life, with so much more to go. He may have gone to jail for 10 years because of the boat death, but he could have had like 50 years after that.
Dear lord, you need help. That camera never changes its view point. He’s always “on camera”. There are multiple cameras set up of which they switch the outgoing feed being the main. You can even see them controlling the pan/tilt on them if you were paying attention.
This is the messiest trial I've ever seen in my life. None of these people seem to know what they're doing. The attorney's can't find paperwork, the doctor can't remember things done in the autopsy, prosecution asked if the pellets came back together after impact. This is just one hot mess. Also, the Murdoch family had tons of skeletons in their closet, and all of them were sketchy af. I am sorry about Mallory, Steven, Gloria. Innocents caught in the web. Alex is going to go away for life, if he doesn't get death.
The autopsy was a year and a half ago, would you remember every detail? How many autopsies has she done since. It’s correct of her to refer to her report instead of relying on her memory.
Prime example of a lady ,who has beauty,and intelligence!
You referring to the alcoholic bags under her eyes?
@@billyclub9863 What? Lol.
Even if for some reason her bags under her eyes are due to her “alcoholism”
Neither have anything to do with her beautify and intelligence, lol.
Your comment is random lol and obviously you just trolling lol.
Amen!
@@billyclub9863 wow the well is running dry, the trolls can’t still be working overtime
@@curiositykilledthecats and you nailed that reply to his comment!😂🎉
If you hada do autopsies on humans who have suffered horrific deaths, you’d need a little nip too.
God Bless this Woman. I could not have been that calm when he kept twisting her words
Seriously dang she was soooo patient. I would have been like, I TOLD you already dang it!!!
I love how this doctor is insistent when she means “no”. She is too smart for this slimy attorney. What a clown he is wasting everyone’s time.
He definitely is not organized, kinda surprised Alex has him as his lawyer
He is trying to question about her opinion that there is 1 shooter another explanation is 2 shooters, and he is setting up these question to prove its possible there were 2 shooters, also the police and everyone thought alex guilt before doing investigation properly, why didnt they find any bloody clothes or shoes or blood in drains, he may have stolen money but i dont think he murdered his family
He has quite a strong PR presence in SC having won some really high profile cases. The Harpootlian name is very popular for winning. He’s a “bulldog” or “pit bull” as they call them around here. He probably knows all the ways the SC attorneys work to cheat the system. Familiar with the local lawyers MO. They, the lawyers hold their info close here on the dl. “Around here” is 25 miles from my home.
Sadly this state is a good old boys network. They know a lot of our population is working poor. Our population is also without an adequate working knowledge of how insurance law works so the lawyers are quick to take cases, knowing the injured education level when they can because that’s how grandpa and great grandpa and uncles and cousins have done it. They also keep the children of the professionals separated from the working poor at the schools they choose. They professionals send their kids to public and the professional or business owners use private schools started in 1964. 😢So prejudice around here.😢 Who knew you could sue for that much money? Another sad result of AM’s Mo is that they are so litigious around here that few to none industries are willing to come bring good paying technical jobs here. Just so sad.
@@shanipoodle1377 I agree- as someone from the low country of South Carolina - I am tired of hearing peoples opinions that do not know the Charleston Culture- certain sayings and voice inflections have multiple meaning its hard to describe unless your from there.
He definitely looks like a boozer. Just like Alex.
I cannot believe he is talking about “The head exploded” & “His brain went up in the air and landed at his feet”. Now if that is not the most HORRIFIC depiction of what your client - the father - did to his son…….how could this be remotely helpful to the defense???? HORRIFYING. 😮
I think he’a trying to imply he shot himself?
@@Minnie11chula That's definitely what he's trying to argue. But this pathologist has valid reasons as to why thats not the case. This lawyer is barking up the wrong tree. He's getting nowhere and wasting the jurors time.
I think he's simply dragging out the questioning so the sociopath at the table can shed tears to garner empathy from jurors. He's a master manipulator and is experiencing loss, therefore tears...but its his loss he grieves...not Paul or his wife being robbed of their lives.
Imagine those trials involving fatal car accidents & what families go through listening to descriptions of loved one when lawyers working for an insurance company discuss the scene with first responders on the stand 😢
He is trying to confuse a jury
OMG asking 100 questions about his brain popping out of his head. That lawyer is just ridiculous, he is not a doctor and his difference of opinion is not what happened. This woman has vast experience and knowledge of corpses that have been shot. That lawyer needs to retire.
It's a dirty tactic from defence...make the jury hear over and over about the grafic injuries so they believe no father could do this.
horrible!! how terrible for family and disrespectful 😪
And they have said he is one of the best defense attorneys this state has.....wow also I believe it was reported that he was either a senator or congressman
That's exactly what l said l think a Retirement Home sounds good to me.
He seems utterly fixated on how much damage the shot did to the brain !! move on matey move on !
SHE IS AN EXCELLENT HIGHLY INTELLIGENT PHYSICIAN. As a retired RN I've worked with highly intelligent doctors, this attorney needs to stop acting like he's a first year med student.
This defense lawyer is a bumbling annoyance .Word salad isn't working on this lady .
She explains things so well, it makes complete sense to me that it wasn't a contact wound - HE DID NOT do this to himself.
She should be a teacher. Seriously. Watching her with the prosecutor drawing the wounds on the body charts was great. She made it easy to understand and kept her testimony engaging while maintaining her professionalism and her testimony always came across as reliable, well-informed, and trustworthy.
He is so argumentatively and trying to discredit her. Shame on him!
She is great at holding her own… not letting him trip her up. If Paul shot himself then where did the gun go??
He seems to purposely trying to rattle her. She is the expert. Asking the same questions over and over again. Why did prosecutor not object?
Agreed! I keep thinking about how the old guy is referred to as “aggressive”. Well, senile and aggressive is a bad combo!😝
Is there a level of appropriate objection on rampant stupidity 😂
Also… this defense attorney is used to just bullying witnesses
And it doesn't seem to be working.
This is a highly effective cross. A lot of people might not like it, but it is his job to rattle her and to poke holes into her assessment. This guy is not senile, far from it. This was the groundwork for their own expert. They will have one and he has started to cast doubts. The American legal system is that way and that's why it is not really fair. Rich people pay a lot of money for an attorney like this. One with theatrics and experience. His defense is very effective and I still doubt that he will get a guilty verdict. This is all circumstantial. There is no weapon, and there is no real motive.
Thank you Miss Doctor. You done a great job. 👍🏽
The look on Alex face is "I'm screwed, this guy is incompetent".
These JOKERS were defending his son in the 'boat accident case' -- what a joke! he has to be in his 80's at times he seems confused!
I would pull his ass to the bench if I was the judge! Wasted time!
All this has already been determined
He thinks he is coming out looking intelligent but he sounds like a moron how did he ever pass the bar test?
Hahaaaaa exactly!
That defense attorney would most definitely NOT be mine!
It only takes one slip from an “expert” to lean a case in either direction. This is how a high stakes, low level of evidence, top tier defense teams work. Court proceedings are not fast, & get extremely repetitive especially through cross examination. Understand what you’re watching.
What a jerk the Defense Attorney is being. Exhausting to listen to his argumentative and badgering questions let alone answer them. BOO!
@@shanipoodle1377 hmmm. I thought exact opposite.
He is so annoying! I thought he did a better job earlier on but now not so much!!
I thought he was trying to get her to say things which were outside her scope of knowledge as doctor.
@@shanipoodle1377OK Buster, you go right ahead and think that. Bless your heart
He clearly did not listen to her testimony in her first round of the examination.
His “I’m just a good ole boy trying to wrap my head around this information” is exhausting! He’s definitely not that stupid, and if I were a juror, I’d be soooo annoyed with his line if defense.
Exactly. Bullsh t.
Definately! He's asking the same thing 3x! Jeez!! Ass
@Deb Buchanan what a waste of time
Some jurors are so annoyed, you see them…
@@Diaz.et.Pam. good!!
He's guilty as hell
Just ask Alex looks like he is about to answer these exhausting questions
@@USAEast Turned out they proved it very well.
Alex is mentioned in Maggie and Paul’s obituary as loving husband and father. Sickening
yuk
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Watching these guys fumble around makes me more impressed with the three DA's in Waukesha. They weren't allowed to leave the table and were far more professional than these bumblers!
Yeah, they're like that bumbling fool who represented AH when JD took her to court.
Yes!
“I apologize to the jury” ….he is just loving this. Such a slimeball.
Slimeball absolutely. I feel so sorry for the pathologist, if I was on the jury he would totally turn me off with this performance 😡
23:31 the lawyer is holding an xray photo of paul. You can see the severe, catastrophic wound he suffered. That is soooooooo sad. I know he had his issues but no one deserves that. RIP Paul and Maggie.
Jesus! Idk what I’m looking at. Is that the back of his head?
It’s a copy of a X-ray. Not an autopsy picture.
@@MissEMc2 yes, you're right. I didn't realize that til later. However, there are two pictures, one Paul one Maggie, on Reddit. They were both left on the prosecutor's computer screen and the cameras captured them. Idk if they're still on reddit or not but I saw both. Grisly and very sad
@@ravenna2381 yes, it is.
To murder your child let alone your wife, is the most horrifying act you could commit. Most of us could never do that to another human being, let alone your family. He sacrificed them to give him time? The higher they rise, the worse they are as human beings. May they both Rest in Peace God Bless them. ✝️🙏
And her role, renders WHO guilty? I'm sorry, did I miss who she felt responsible?
THE HIGHER THE WICKED RISE IS A VERY TRUE STATEMENT, HOWEVER, THE LATTER OF THIS STATEMENT IS,"" THE HARDER THEY FALL""..... UNIMAGINABLE....THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF PURE EVIL.
The higher they rise, the harder they fall in this case
Now that I heard the facts on the ballistic results that the expert couldn't match the bullets in Maggie's body and at the crime scene to the blackout rifle then I think Alec is innocent! Paul and Buster each got a blackout rifle for Christmas one year and one night while Paul was at a party with friends his who are also Mallory beach's friends and the rifle was stolen from Paul's truck at that party. Now fast forward to the murders of Paul and Maggie I believe 2 people were waiting and watching in the tree line behind the kennels to execute Paul in retaliation for what happened to Mallory and one of the gunmen is the one who stole the other blackout rifle from Paul's truck and that's why the ballistics didn't match up because Paul was shot with his stolen black out rifle. The culprits waited for alec to leave the property then they killed Maggie and Paul and they're probably laughing knowing alec's the perfect scapegoat or fall guy. I really don't think he is the killer
I still don’t think he did it. I might be PROVEN wrong. But dang man. All y’all going off what ya feel and think, it’s innocent until proven guilty. Wait for the entire case to be over at least
Being a dad I can’t wrap my head around how he hurt his boy so bad. It’s like he hated him.
Just look at his BLACK EYES. A living demon.
@@jakebe4915 I thought that too.
And he loved money more than he loved his own flesh & blood son and his sons mother that gave birth to him…Alex Murdaugh Is a stupid, cold hearted, cold blooded, psychotic stone faced killer just like his past generations of Murdaugh cowards were… and got by with…this greed does catch up with you big time… he didn’t think it would because it never did…but it’s time to pay the price…
@@wandastevens3183 well said this guy really bothers me.
He hated that his son called him out on his opioid addiction and was bound to cost him $ because of the boating accident that killed a young woman :(
Wow that defense lawyer is about as useful as a chocolate teapot 🤦🏼♀️
To be fair, he had very little to work with. But his arguments here were very weak. He had to know he was reaching. And he had to have sat done after all of this knowing it was a loss.
😂
The defence lawyer should retire.
It was Alec he shot them like he was shooting game. Kicked MM to see if she was alive and then to make sure he shoots her in the head. He was the only one with access to his guns. He's a coward.
They don’t even have the guns that killed them they are assuming everything! Where’s the bloody cloths where’s the guns where is everything they don’t have nothing except assumptions y’all! I need more then what this prosecutor is trying to push here! No defense wounds on either one of them he just walks up la la la pow shoots Paul swaps guns and shoot her 5 times! Hides both guns his bloody clothes and anything else smh! Judge Judy’s saying if it don’t make sense it’s not true! None of their theories make any sense to me shoulda woulda coulda.
Trump supporters act like those power full slimy scumbag can't murder there family
@donnameans1030 they don't have anything because AM got rid of them. Duh. Did you think he was going to hand them over? I'm glad people like you aren't on the jury if you don't realize that little bit - how could you handle trying to understand more complex ideas? 🤔
@@psb12121right? Circumstantial evidence is evidence none the less! Most cases are built on circumstantial evidence and it’s equal to physical evidence and the jury will be told that, if they haven’t been already.
@@donnameans1030
They don't have the guns because Buster went and gathered them all up. He is on video doing this. There is a Netflix special
about all of this. It's crazy how many times this family has allegedly gotten away with murder. Alex, Buster, and Paul got away with it because they have the cops were all in Alex’s back pocket. It's disgusting what they all got away with. It goes all the way back to Alex’s father and grandfather
This attorney seems intent on attempting to prove that he is more knowledgeable about forensic pathology, than a respected pathologist with stellar credentials and years of experience. What a waste of court time. Stumbling around , trying to locate his disorganized paperwork, began to look like a Tim Conway skit, rather than a court of law.
Very boring. Take too long.
Just tell Alex you are guilty.
Too many charades..ay
May be they love it. Go to sleep.
Does the Defence lawyer think he's a forensic Pathologist???
Apparently...
It always blows my mind how these professionals are so comfortable with gruesome death, but bless them as someone strong has to speak for victims!!
I guess when you talk about it all the time, you get numb to it
It's way past time for this defense attorney to retire. He doesn't have anything prepared or else he's just plain "slow".
He looked very incompetent I agree he should not be practicing law or defending scum bc he is terrible at it no matter what this doctor said he only heard what he wanted or believed
Alex was the only other person present at the kennels that night so he’s 100% guilty imo.
Because you seen it happen, how do you know people werent waiting or hiding to do this in 12 acres of land, its funny how his sons was gonna be tried for boating accident soon, i think people got to him that thought he would get away lightly with the boating accident trial, there target was paul and i think maggie was unfortunatley at the wrong place at the wrong time and seen who shot paul, then the second shooter shot her
@@shanipoodle1377 I agree only for the simple fact that innocent until proven guilty. You have to listen to all the evidence. Social media is gonna be key in a ton of mistrials , for the good and bad , because if someone is ever on a jury and an attorney can show that some judgmental prick has had any posts or comments in other trials far before they’ve heard all the evidence ; then they’ll use it in court and hopefully not ever but get an actual murderer off for mistrial. Listen to the whole case. I have had multiple different opinions in this case but they’ve changed as I listen to everything. And not saying whether I think Alex is guilty or not but that I think there’s several different possible scenarios based on what I’ve heard so far.
@@jennywilliams531 if that’s true , then that’s suspect. If my wife and son had just been murdered the last thing I’d be doing is looking at porn. Honestly , if I had jus killed my wife and son I wouldn’t be looking at porn. LoL
@@USAEast you definitely wouldn’t think so. That’s pretty bold. I’m not saying he did or didn’t do it but smart enough to hustle millions from his law firm and customers/victims until his son put a spot light on him with the boat crash. But drugs will mess with your better judgement
i have no earthly idea what this defense lawyer is going for other than making the jury sick, what a sleeze ball.
Trying to insinuate that Paul shot himself
@@kaciecharles5629 well he’s doing a terrible job of it.
Agreed. If nothing else it's disrespectful to the family and the deceased
@@kaciecharles5629 LOL. This is a real world courtroom trial. It has nothing to do with respect to the family and the deceased.
For the love of God, she is so patient
What a graceful, beautiful, polite and clever woman. Hats off to her for handling him with her incredible knowledge! 👏
This monster stood right in front of his son looking him in the face un loaded a 12 gauge shotgun into his chest and head, his poor wife witnesses this in horror and tries to run but due to health problems couldn't run very fast the monster then picks up the AR and basically stalks her as she's probably screaming for her life as he shoots her at close range. Imagine the terror they both felt as this creep turned on them.
So very sad. But true. He has to answer to God now for his Evil sins now.
@@daniele5493 absolutely!!
Actually Maggie was around the corner from when Paul was shot. She came to explore who was firing a gun as it was common to hear hunters around the area. Paul was turned sideways and was not looking directly at his father when the first shot was fired.
@@kutatm Right! Then he stepped to the side of the door and hit him the final time as he tried to make his way out the feed room. I don’t believe he ever saw his father. But Maggie definitely saw him, they probably made eye contact, because she was hit front to back 1st.
@@PatienceLoveI wonder if she was screaming his name to stop...😢
He is just hammering away about the gas entering the skull, apologizing and then shows enlarged photos of the brain laying on the ground. He isn’t going to get her to agree about the entrance and contact wound. I thought he only had rudimentary knowledge of this. If I was a juror I would not believe a word he says, badgering this witness isn’t going to do anything for the case.
He is a BIG BULLY! HE IS GRASPING AT STRAWS! leave this witness alone! The GPS data on Friday should seal his fate if the jurors were paying attention., HARPO is all fluff!
The jury will deliberate. They are catching on to a lot of things being said in the courtroom.
Yeah. He accomplished nothing in the more than an hour he spent rehashing the same facts. It wasnt self indicted, and it's not "reasonable" to come to that conclusion. And how he thinks he knows more (or better) than her about pathology is beyond me.
"Have you seen this photo before?" "Yes, this is MY AUTOPSY PHOTO." Rghghghghghghghghgh!!!!!
If the goal was to confuse the jury he succeeded
This is called Attorney Poot grasping at straws. It's an EXIT wound! This Pathologist was phenomenal!
😢I felt so sorry for this coroner!! Also for the defendant having a lawyer such as this! He drug this out over and over, same question! She wasn’t there to give him a lesson in anatomy! The book he had he just got himself to look stupid! The book was about a contact wound !! Not 3 feet away! If she told him that once she told him ten times!!
He was attempting to get her flustered and frustrated to insinuate incompetence in her judgement. He’s as slimy as his client!
Yes!
As much as we might not like the approach, he’s doing his job with what he has available. He’s not there to be liked. He’s there to defend his client.
She held her own and kick poots asd
Alex is sitting there crying because he is reliving what he did to his family and knows exactly where each of them were standing and how it all went down...but still not enough to stand up and throw himself at the mercy of the court.
This is how attorneys act when their client is a physcho and guilty with no real defense.
I’m not sure I’d want my defense attorney to talk about my sons brain matter 100 times. Geez.
The defense team is hilarious. They are so incompetent. The old man should have retired years ago, the other two were behind the door when brains were passed out. Alexa gulity, guilty, guilty!!!!!!
I really believe that Alec’s idiot attorneys don’t think Alec could ever be found guilty! (I agree… big 👹red’s atty’s are extremely off putting!)
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Reckon Alex isn't screaming inside "I need a new team!"
Or he’s just waiting on Alec to get up and scream, I did it!!! My guess is, there’s not a whole lot for him to choose from as far as good representation. He has already screwed over everyone he’s known….
@@sndrud093 good point
I never realized Alex kept his screen covered with a piece of cardboard.. He didn't want to see what he had done...
Grandpa thinks he's a Forensic expert now.
"Kidney or pancreas or whatever"...The defense attorney is a joke. I can't believe he paid lots of money for that firm. Terrible performance.
The chuckling in the courtroom is completely baffling to me.
I 100% agree. There is nothing funny about double homicide. I dont understand how ANYONE could be laughing at this trial.
I get it. Decades ago I was a reporter and sat in on horrible murder trials (as well as funerals for victims when asked), and sometimes - often - there are these rare moments of levity.
Honestly the more horrible the case, sometimes, the more a moment of humor is needed. Never at the victim's expense - most often at a lawyer's, or at something a witness has said that is genuinely relatable or humorous (again, never at the victim's expense in my own experience). There are often fond, loving, humorous stories that honor the deceased, told by witnesses or people at memorial services, etc.
This is such a horrifying thing for any ordinary person to hear about and view photos of that any socially acceptable reason to laugh/release tension is grasped at like a life preserver.
OH, MY. GOODNESS! This defense attorney is absolutely determined to ignore everything this expert is saying. He will not take her word for the 3 feet distance. He kept saying 3 to 4 feet. He also kept insisting on using illustrations from a contact wound. I am frustrated, so I can't imagine the degree of frustration this doctor must be feeling. I would HATE to have to work with man, or be around him. I don't understand why the prosecutor is not objecting that the witness is being badgered. Nor do I understand why there is no objection that questions have been asked and answered. I have not quite finished the video, so I expect the prosecutor has a plan for putting all of this into perspective and countering this ridiculous cross examination.
I think the prosecutors didn't object because the defense attorney is just digging a big hole for himself, and falling into it repeatedly.
@@DD-d6d3 I think you might well be right. Good point!
The same with the lawyer from the boat trial. A bunch of nonsense. I don't think they can save Alex with this crap.
I think the prosecutor sees the effect the bumbling approach of this defense attorney id having...if we're not buying it, neither is the jury.
@@DD-d6d3 Yeah I think you're right. If were all annoyed at how repetitive and pointless these line of questions are I can only imagine the jurors are as well. He's spent over an hour trying to get to her agree with him about a contact wound (aka self inflicted gunshot) and she's justifiably shutting him down every time as to why it's not possible. An utter waste of time. Btw, was there a shotgun lying next to Paul's body? I don't remember hearing that.
Right off the bat, defense lawyers wasting the court's time
The first time I watched this, I thought Harpootlian was being rude to her because he resents professional women. But then I saw he bullied male witnesses as well. Turns out he’s just an entitled old fool.
May Maggie and Paul rest in peace.🙏❤️
I still can’t seem to get this case out of my mind. I think of everyone involved. Feeling awful for everyone.... Paul and Maggie did not deserve this. I wonder how Buster is doing... I’d imagine it’s all so hard dealing with the media on top of his grief. It’s such a devastating case. 🥺 🙏
I feel bad for buster too. The public has done nothing but attack the poor kid. He not only lost his mother and his brother, he also lost his father who will rot in jail now.
@@tshamarie826 agreed
I’m glad other people agree she’s a very smart . I love how she explains things and terms easier to understand instead other forensic pathologist or coroners. Some forensic pathologist or coroners use very scientific terms when they testify and for regular people is hard to understand.
Nice quality of a person!
She's awful, she's unprepared and seems rattled.
Did you see Alex shake his head “yes” and then “no” when the defense lawyer was asking the Dr. about the position of Paul’s body when first shot was fired.
This girl knows her stuff! She’s incredibly intelligent!
He has all his notes, files, photos and assistants on tap and still has problems remembering where and when, yet he expects this very competent Doctor to remember like it was yesterday...It's ridiculous that he is trying to say she's a bit hit and miss in her work..
Yes, his goal was to discredit the doctor as a professional witness. He definitely tried to trip her up.and cause confusion with his nonsense. I thought the doctor was very professional.
Geez how is the jury staying awake???
Alec doesn't cry when they talk about Maggie, yet turns on the tears re Paul.
He doesn’t look comfortable with the description of Maggie’s autopsy either, but Paul’s injuries were a lot more destructive to his actual body…I think this is unfair. He may or may not have inflicted the injuries, but either way, hearing on this in a public courtroom or even privately, has to affect a man that was married and had a son! I would not have held it together as well as he did, guilty or not.
Paul taught for his life seems Maggie almost got away Justice ! Please
Asking a pathologist “What’s beveling? Do you know what beveling is?”
This f-ing guy.
Pootie apologizes about graphic pictures to the jury; meanwhile Alex just sits there emotionless, hearing in exhaustive stumbles & mumbles about his son’s brain. There wasn’t a tear in sight, no heavy breathing, & no snot from his nose. Pootie was trying to confuse her about the height of shooter. Does he think that a shotgun can’t be fired from the hip?
I know right? I personally think Alex could have been sitting in the golf cart? This lawyer thinks jurors are stupid and is annoying. None of his questions have anything to do with WHO did or didn't commit this crime.
Watched the whole thing and am still wondering what the lawyer's point ever was!?
Remember he is Alex attorney trying to confuse her. She knows her knows stuff. He is trying to wear her down and confuse he. But she is to smart for that. That's ok what Defence Attorney do to win.
Bullying…….
Are there any lawyers in this case who are younger than 87?
I can’t.
I have never seen such INCOMPETANT Defense lawyers,
The arrogance of the defence, why is the Judge allowing this? She said it was not a contact wound that caused this injury. Surely she can only be challenged by another pathologist reviewing the facts for the defence. He is questioning her professionalism. It was NOT a contact wound. Also he is of that old school that only takes male opinions seriously.
Asking same question over and over again and again
I have much respect for how this woman held her own with this man trying to get her to crumble
She's embarrassing.
@@lesleylesley5821 That is laughable.
His lawyer is so slow and gets confused too often. The pathologist is amazing
I can't listen to this attorney. So corrupt to try and get a guilty person free.
It is the law in America to have counsel for defense. He is doing his job which is to raise reasonable doubt.
That’s how some lawyers make money. All persons charged with a crime deserve a vigorous defense. The question will be whether any of the jurors are dense.
We all know that but boy it riles me up too! I also find this defence lawyer to be sleezy & purposely harassing this witness. If I was on the jury he would have my back up.
That is his job or to get the best deal he can for his client.
@@Micheledj29 Reasonable doubt went out the window when GM authorized the release of the OnStar data.
pooh pooh to Mr Harpootlian … a total disgrace as a human being let alone as an attorney … the professionalism & integrity of this Pathologist is stark contrast to his incompetence
Is defense really trying to insinuate Paul killed his mom or found her dead, then killer himself ????? Horrible
Wasn’t even logistically possible. An insulting suggestion!
How could Alec allow that,but AM said he wanted to clear his sons name in the boat accident,so why would he allow this insinuation of the son killing his mom, how would he clear Paul’s name from killing his mother? Doesn’t even make sense.
That's impossible, because the a gun would have been next to his body after he shot himself!
@@mindaelliott9576 As long as he’s free, he doesn’t care.
Boy this Old Bird defense attorney Harpootlian is just wasting time asking the stupid questions to the autopsy female professional. He is wasting time to confuse the jurors. Or he just likes to hear himself ask stupid questions.
@nitrujillo...................He is wasting time to confuse the jurors ..................No he isn't !!!
He's wasting time building up his pay-packet😉😅😂
Defense attorney is pissing off the jury with this nonsense argument.
State should object to him harnessing her. He is just trying to wear her down and hopes she makes a misstatement.
Going by her decades of doing this, court witness, year in year out, I would expect it would take a far greater attorney than him to rattle her, quite the reverse in fact.
Watching her facial expressions ( and those of many of the public and prosecution team ) is a picture, as he bumbles and fumbles for paperwork, has to keep apologising to the judge, constantly repeats questions he has been given answers to, jumps from one thing to another, forgets where he is up to, rather than following logical steps.
You can see the stark contrast between her concise, to the point, professional conduct and his, and often others of the defence teams ineptitude.
In a similar conversation, say between you and I, one of us would be saying something like .........." What the ( enter your own word here 😉) are you talking about " ..............🤔😂😅
@Silver Surf just part of his cultivated "good old boy" demeanor that probably worked many times before when the Murdaughs ruled. Not going to work this time. Retire, you old fool!
@@silversurf6159 wonderful comment 👏👏
*harassing
The doctor was great she held her own
I'm 40 mins in and still can't see what point this defense lawyer is trying to make
Alex was so concerned about “clearing”his son’s precious name…Harpootlian is trying to prove Paul committed suicide! btw, the Murdaugh name is officially MUD after Alex’s horrendous actions!
This lady is amazing. Her testimony looks certain by her body gestures alone
How many times is he going to say " Head Explodes" my god...
No CONTACT wound for the thousandth time!!!
Cannot believe how low level this defense laywer is. Why pay such a guy a big buck by employing him for such a big case?
He’s also a South Carolina Senator. He may have been a good lawyer in his day, but I think he’s a little past his prime now. Of course that’s just my opinion! 😂
Shooting humans with a Rifle or Shotgun is unbelievably Sickening, Grotesque, HATE, he was going down from the Money THEFT and didn't want them to live a Good life without him😠😠
Patty Sue in MARYLAND
Marylands the best. Whats up patty
That’s right. If he’s going down. They won’t be around to enjoy their lives. He is a family ahnalator
Defense completely failed in undermining this pathologist. She's just too good!
She’s NOT good at all seriously you missed the point….. she waffled bluffed and was unscientific throughout…. Not one question was answered directly, succinctly and with scientific evidence to rely on….. she used possibly, probably, in most cases, I don’t think that would happen etc etc all supposition not fact!!
Your not understanding your jury!!! This is from a person born and raised Deep South…
@@jokeogh7698 Actually, any good scientist does not state things confidently and with certainty if there is only a degree of probability that it happened this or another way. They all hedge. Confidence is misleading. More often than not, confident statements == not a real scientist
@@jokeogh7698 You clearly did not finish high school science classes. You are embarrassing yourself.
@@jokeogh7698yeah she is & yeah she most certainly did use scientific/medical knowledge. The defense attorney was lost because he’s defending a client who’s guilty AF which is why he kept trying to manufacture the whole “contact wound & gases” nonsense along with an inability to grasp basic angles associated with gun shot injuries.
She’s done over 5000 autopsies in 20 years and you’ve done 0. She has multiple medical degrees and you have 0 in this field nor are you experienced in this area at all so stfu🤡
Part of defense strategy is to emphasize the brutality and destruction caused by the shotgun blasts hoping to persuade the jury that a loving father could never do that to his son.. Not going to work, though.
I heard a commentator say the laughing @33:38 is the jury. She said they were laughing (in commaraderie) with the defense attorney. "The jury likes him."
I beg to differ. I think they were laughing in response to the Dr saying "No, I dont like that." Then he hands her the pointer saying "OK well show me what you like."
Exactly.
He’s trying to find a way to discredit her and she’s so good to go to the same thing to him and he still hasn’t questioned
If I was the judge I would have told the defense attorney to move on!!
We know gas and the projectile go together, that's how a damn gun works!
Why keep asking the same damn question!
This attorney is a jackass!!
What a waste of time!! My goodness!!
I guarantee you the coroner knows which one is the entrance and exit wounds!!
He is really condescending!! Smdh
This testimony makes Alex really uncomfortable as it should. It makes me uncomfortable.
Why does this attorney ask questions from the pathologist that are not in her expertise? She looks at the body, not what the shooter was doing, not what kind of ammo, not the gun. It's almost like he never interviewed his witness.
This man hears her but he's trying to create his own facts. Bevel? How many times does she have to say no? I'm so glad not to be a Juror
I believe Alec killed Maggie and Paul because the Beach attorney said he would sue them next if Alec didn't come up with the money. That DEADline was around June l0!!! In his sick mind he probably thought he was 'saving' them from being sued, in which Alec would LOSE big time as well. The deadline that attorney gave Alec probably sealed the fates of Maggie and Paul.
WOW.
In Alec's drug addled brain he probably thought that was his best option.
I think a human being taking opioids for the length of time AM took them would have a totally distorted brain. His reasoning certainly would not be logical & I’m sure it would be in a paranoid state where he would make bazar decisions. A very dangerous man imo.
@@michelepastele5347 You ever seen someone strung out on dope? Especially someone who can feed their habit? He ain’t it. Never was. That short rehab stint wasn’t meant to be rehab like you’re thinking. Withdrawal is one thing you can’t fake, & has tales that nothing will cover up.
@@CornPopsDood you are absolutely right!
I am stuck in this rabbit hole of why. Why? I tend to think the "pill" theory was a cover up for what he was using his money for. Where was all the money going? Maybe I just can't understand why dogs are treated so unkind, let alone treating the love of your life and your own son in such a deplorable manner. What would drive someone to do this? I keep watching and listening without explanation. Such a sad, sad case. Paul got the last laugh from the grave. Was AM hoping he would get a multimillion dollar life insurance payout that could pay off his debts?
That first shot didn't kill either one of them. They both died seeing and knowing exactly who was shooting them her husband and the sons father.Alex sitting there listening to that testimony replaying in his minds exactly what happened.happened. Did his son or wife say something to him before he put the final bullet in them.Very evil man what did their maid know that she mysteriously came up dead in their home and Alex stealing millions of dollars from the dead housekeeper case.One son same one dad shot and killed accused of drunk while boating death of young lady.Buster been wispers for years he had something to do with young gay guy death..Buster was rumored to had a sexually relationship with him didn't want their secret to get out.Still not clear why Alex was having so many financial problems that he was stealing from clients. What was he doing with all that money. How is he able to afford a attorney owing people so much?
Omggg!👍 all of my exact thoughts!
The defense attorney needs to be put out to pasture. He is way past his prime. This cross examination is painful to watch. He looks so disjointed to his own examination. He makes no point and no headway in the defense case.. what a bozo the clown!! Smh!! 🤦🏻♀️
I can't understand why when a dad/husband take out their own family why do they spare their own life....Some also kill themselves but those who don't they are cowards!!!
What in thee hell is he getting to? He goes on and on and on !
What is this defense ,lawyer babbling about? The victims were killed by shotgun blasts...what bearing does the penetration angle (into the bodies) mean anything?
Only one victim was shot with a shotgun.
It appears she was shot from the rear while bent or kneeling, and the bullet went up her left side and into her brain. Ghastly. 🙏
It means a lot. Alex is taller than the son….or someone else, so he throwing in the possibility that someone of a different stature, or possibly the sone himself, could have shot that gun. Basically if you are not positive the prosecution is correct and there could possibly be someone else do the shooting he could be found innocent. I’m born and raised Deep South. I see all the comments inferring him using his “awww…shucks…I’m a dummy” as a way to question… but it’s actually a possibility he’s throwing doubt into this jury through this line of questioning. This is quite annondated answer but essentially he’s actually casting doubt here. Btw, I think AM is guilty imo.
This lawyer reminds me of one in a trial I saw once. My cousin Vinny
Yes!! It’s all I think of when watching this.
My cousin Vinny was funny at least. This lawyer is annoying as hell
does anyone notice how alex does not react to the description from the m.e. If I heard these descriptions i would probably break out in sobs
So incompetent. I wouldn't want him on my defense team!
That poor young man was probably just standing there, looking at his phone, maybe about to text his friend back when he was senselessly murdered. After he was shot, he turned to look at who did this, took a few steps, then was shot again. It makes me so incredibly sad and angry that people do this to others, especially to a young person, so full of life, with so much more to go. He may have gone to jail for 10 years because of the boat death, but he could have had like 50 years after that.
If Alex sees the camera pointing his way, he starts to put on a upset face and wipes the fake tears from his eyes. He's acting for the camera.
Dear lord, you need help. That camera never changes its view point. He’s always “on camera”. There are multiple cameras set up of which they switch the outgoing feed being the main. You can even see them controlling the pan/tilt on them if you were paying attention.
This is the messiest trial I've ever seen in my life. None of these people seem to know what they're doing. The attorney's can't find paperwork, the doctor can't remember things done in the autopsy, prosecution asked if the pellets came back together after impact. This is just one hot mess. Also, the Murdoch family had tons of skeletons in their closet, and all of them were sketchy af. I am sorry about Mallory, Steven, Gloria. Innocents caught in the web. Alex is going to go away for life, if he doesn't get death.
Oh I've seen much worse
I totally agree- they seem disorganized and clumsy
I agree, and now that the trial is over and he was found guilty, I think he should have gotten the death penalty.
Messy does NOT equal guilty of double homicide!!!
The autopsy was a year and a half ago, would you remember every detail? How many autopsies has she done since. It’s correct of her to refer to her report instead of relying on her memory.
Lost his wife, his son and can just sit there so calmly. Pure narcissist sociopath.