Jury to Decide Fate of Former Attorney Alex Murdaugh in Double Murder Trial

The double murder trial of former attorney Alex Murdaugh is coming to a close as the prosecution has wrapped up their arguments and the defense is preparing to call their own witnesses. The prosecution has said that investigators did not find the murder weapons, a shotgun and an AR-style rifle, on the Murdaugh family’s Colleton County hunting property. The prosecution has also not provided any hard proof, such as a confession, eyewitnesses, video, or fingerprints, that Murdaugh had pulled the trigger.

The defense is now deciding whether Murdaugh will testify on his own behalf. The defense attorney, Jim Griffin, has been in talks with Murdaugh to discuss the possibility. The case has been ongoing for weeks and has captured the attention of not only the rural South Carolina lowcountry, where Murdaugh was a prominent attorney from a well-known family, but across the country.

The prosecution has relied heavily on circumstantial evidence to posit a motive for why Murdaugh, 54, would have wanted his wife and son dead. They have presented a hodgepodge of testimony and evidence to try and leave no doubt in jurors’ minds that he was the one who committed the murders.

The jury will now have to decide whether the circumstantial evidence presented is enough to prove that Murdaugh is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It is unclear how long the jury will take to reach a verdict, but the outcome of the trial will be closely watched by the public.