“Jurors don’t take a long time deliberating after they’ve spent weeks and weeks and weeks listening to testimony and receiving evidence,” he said. Newman, 71, added that he was not shocked when the jury returned with a verdict after less than three hours of deliberation. “It had all the ingredients for something of major public interest.” Judge Clifton Newman spoke to “Today” in an interview that aired Wednesday. Allegations of a lawyer hooked on drugs,” he explained, listing several of the bombshell revelations that came to light both before and during the six-week proceedings. Accusations of stealing millions of dollars from clients. Newman admitted that he “shouldn’t have been surprised” by the case’s notoriety. The case - culminating in the guilty verdict and emotional sentencing - garnered national headlines and media scrutiny from around the world. Murdaugh, 54, was found guilty March 2 of fatally shooting his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, on June 7, 2021, in order to cover up his alleged financial crimes and worsening drug dependency that colored his time running his family’s storied law firm. “I felt sorry for ,” Judge Clifton Newman told the “Today” show about the blockbuster trial in an interview that aired Wednesday morning. The veteran South Carolina judge who sentenced Alex Murdaugh to two consecutive life terms for the murders of his wife and son said this week that he “felt sorry” for the disgraced attorney - adding that he was convinced the one-time Low Country heavyweight regrets his extreme actions. Investigation into Murdaugh-linked teen’s mysterious death making ‘substantial progress’: lawyersĪlex Murdaugh claims he didn’t cheat late housekeeper’s estate out of millions as he pleads not guilty to slew of financial crimesĪlex Murdaugh’s college roommate admits helping to steal $4M from late housekeeper’s familyĪlex Murdaugh slapped with 22 new fraud charges over housekeeper Gloria Satterfield’s death
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