'Really good chance' there could be a new Murdaugh trial: Former prosecutor

Published: Aug 24, 2024 Duration: 00:06:05 Category: News & Politics

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DID YOU HEAR MS. BECKY MAKE ANY COMMENT BEFORE YOUR VERDICT? >> YES, MA'AM. >> IF YES WHAT DID SHE SAY? >> TO WATCH HIS ACTIONS. >> CONVICTED KILLER ALEX MURDAUGH COULD SOON GET A NEW MURDER TRIAL THE SOUTH OR UNDER SUPREME COURT NOW AGREEING TO HEAR ARGUMENTS FOR NEW TRIAL AFTER THE DEFENSE ARGUED THE CLERK OF THE COURT TAMPERED WITH THE JURY REBECCA HILL IS FACING ETHICS QUESTIONS AFTER MURDAUGH AT LEGAL TEAM ACCUSED HER OF TELLING INSURERS NOT TO BE FOOLED BY HIS TESTIMONY AS THEY DELIBERATED. HILL STRONGLY DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE JURORS WERE YOU MADE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF ANY TESTIMONY OR ANY COMMENT ABOUT THE MERITS OR THE STRENGTH OF THE CASE? >> NO, NO. >> BLOOD SPRING AND FORMER PROSECUTOR STEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THERE ENOUGH HERE FOR US TO RETRY THIS ALL OVER AGAIN? >> RICH, I WILL TELL YOU. I'VE BEEN PRACTICING LAW 25 YEAR OLD 12 A WHICH I SPENT AS A PROSECUTOR. I HAVE TRIED HUNDREDS OF CASES. I'VE NEVER SEEN A CLERK CLERK ENGAGE IN A MURDER TRIAL LIKE THIS. I THINK THE COMMENTS THAT SHE MADE IN FRONT OF THE JURY INDICATING THE JURY SHOULDN'T RESPECT OR LISTEN TO HIS TESTIMONY BECAUSE IT WAS SOMEHOW TAINTED. I THINK THERE IS A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THIS SUPREME COURT COULDN'T GRANT A NEW TRIAL I REALLY DO. >> THERE SOME REPORTING OUT THERE THAT PERHAPS BEHIND ALL OF THIS IS THAT SHE WANTED TO SELL A BOOK AND THEREFORE A CONVICTION WOULD HELP HER IN THAT CASE. IS IT THAT? IS IT CARELESSNESS? SHOULDN'T CLERKS KNOW NOT TO SAY THIS TYPE OF STUFF TO THE MEMBER OF THE JURY ARE IN NEED TO REMEMBER? >> YES. I HAVE SPENT VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER DAY OF MY LIFE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS IN A COURTROOM. THE COURT CLERKS NEVER TALK ABOUT HOMICIDE CASES LIKE THIS. NEVER. THE FACT SHE WAS WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THIS, I SAW THERE'S EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY FROM OTHER CLERKS THAT SHE MADE STATEMENTS THIS WOULD BENEFIT HER IF THERE IS A GUILTY VERDICT. SHE ALLOWED MR. MURDAUGH'S PICTURE TO BE TAKEN AND A HOLDING CELL. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT TOO. OUTRAGEOUS. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HER MOTIVATIONS WERE. I DO NOT KNOW IF SHE WAS A CRAZY OR IF THIS WAS DRIVEN BY A MONETARY CONCERN BUT THIS IS BEYOND THE PALE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A TRIAL OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IT IS REALLY SHOCKING. "I SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT SAYS WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE? WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS INVOLVED WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A NEW JURY HERE. THIS IS THE WHOLE THING OVER AGAIN, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. IT BECOMES VERY COMPLICATED. BECAUSE NOW THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY -- THIS CASE IS BEEN EXTREMELY PREVALENT IN THE MEDIA WE HAVE NOW HEARD THESE FACTS OF WHAT WHAT THE CLERK KURT SAID. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THIS DEFENDANT GETS A FAIR TRIAL WHERE COULD THAT HAPPEN? IF THEY WERE TO GRANT THE MOTION FOR TRIAL FOR A NEW TRIAL IT COULD TAKE OF THE SIX -- NINE MONTHS TO GET THIS THING OFF THE GROUND AGAIN AND IT IS ALWAYS TOUGH WITH GETTING WITNESSES BACK IN LINE. I THINK THERE WERE 70 WITNESSES IN THIS CASE. THIS IS GOING TO DRAW OUT THIS CASE FOR THEIR TWO -- THREE YEARS. >> IS THERE ANY CHANCE THEY GO BACK TO THE COUNTY WHERE HE WAS ORIGINALLY TRIED OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE IT OUT OF COUNTY? YOU MENTIONED HOW THEY GOING TO FIND ANYONE EVEN THE STATE OF CAP SOUTH CAROLINA LET ALONE WHERE HE WAS ORIGINALLY CONVICTED? >> YOU BRING UP AN INTERESTING POINT. I DO THINK THE NEXT EMOTION FROM THE DEFENSE WILL BE A VENUE MOTION SEEKING TO HAVE IT TRIED IN ANOTHER COUNTY. THIS IS ALL A TACTIC FROM THE DEFENSE TO EITHER LOOK FOR A BETTER DEAL OR LOOK FOR A BETTER SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES TO TRY THIS CASE. REMEMBER THIS IS A SCENARIO, A CASE WHERE MR. TRAN FOR MURDAUGHCREDIBILITY IS SO CRUC. IT'S VERY RARE FOR A HOMICIDE OR MURDER DEFENDANT TO TESTIFY. SO WHAT HER STATEMENTS WERE ABOUT HIS CREDIBILITY ARE REALLY CRUCIAL. THAT'S WHY I THINK THE COURT WILL GRANT THE DEFENSE MOTION IN THIS CASE. >> DO YOU THINK AND GOING IN GOD THERE IS ANY CHANCE THAT HE MAY BE AT LEAST WALKS ON THIS HE DOES FACE A 40 YEAR OLD FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES AS WELL OR HE'S ARTY BEEN CONVICTED OF THAT. >> I THINK EVENTUALLY THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT WOULD PROBABLY EVENTUALLY GET HIM CONVICTED OF THESE CRIMES. BUT LOOK, IF I WERE THE PROSECUTOR THAT TRIED THIS CASE I WOULD BE BEYOND UPSET. I WOULD BE BEYOND UPSET FOR THE VICTIMS. FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT LAW ENFORCEMENT PUT INTO THIS. FOR THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. THAT ARE INEFFECTIVE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE AS WELL AT THIS POINT NOW. I THINK EVENTUALLY HE WOULD GET CONVICTED. BUT YOU KNOW RICH, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN 12 PEOPLE GET IN THE BOX YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHERE THEY COME BACK

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