re: Investigators When they KNEW Murdaugh lied (Page 112)

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I wish that humans weren’t capable of that level of evil.

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My husband and I were talking about murders last night (inspired by this trial). And then we started listing people we knew who were murdered. When you are over 60, you've known a lot of people. My first was a kid I'd been in school with since the first grade, same social group. His parents in the 5th grade sent him to private school where he was murdered. I still remember his funeral mass, my first.

None of either of our murders were accidents. And that's how people learn that there is evil in the world, if they are lucky. Unlucky is it's even closer to them.

“Muh No Timeline” when the prosecution spent freakin hours going literally by the minute and second, then bitch because it took too long

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I wonder if AM’s PawPaw Mags bit fell flat to the jury? I mean, we can assume to some degree given the verdict but I wonder the extent.

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I think so. The jury saw him for the conman he was. I definitely think the financial stuff helped lay the foundation for them to see that he was evil and capable of anything-including murder. The financial stuff, while repetitive and boring, was necessary imo.

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The financial stuff, while repetitive and boring, was necessary imo.

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frick yes, it was.

So you would smile at these clients and lie to them and steal from them?

-Yes.

But we’re to believe that’s not exactly what you’re doing here? And here’s some objective lies and inconsistencies too.

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Yep. I've seen a case on Dateline where a young girl was set on fire in her car by her boyfriend apparently, EMS found her walking up to them, in horrific condition, trying to whisper a name. She died in the ambulance. The trial over the boyfriend had a lot of drama about the name she said. He was found guilty and when the jurors were polled one guy when asked if voted guilty he "no! I didn't vote guilty!" and all kinds of hell broke lose. That trial has gone through a lot of craziness

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This was the first Jessica Chambers trial for Quentin Tellis when the jurors were split, but handed in a verdict of not guilty to the judge (EMT and firefighters all testified they heard her say Eric did it to her). Second trial was also a hung jury. He was then supposed to be tried in north Louisiana for a separate murder, but judge kicked it a few months ago because Mississippi was incarcerating him for five years on different charges. That has been an insane saga.

Oh also, I guess the “blame it on muh opioid addiction” defense was a fail. I mean, it’s not a legal (or moral) defense anyway so why try to sneak it in there?

It’s the correct verdict. And that’s what matters.

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When Murdaugh took the stand he reeled off a host of pet names:

--PawPaw for Paul
--Mags for Maggie,
--Bus for Buster
--Handsome for his father Randolph
--Em for his mother Libby
--Papa T for his father-in-law Terry Branstetter,
--Grandmar for his mother-in-law Kennedy
--RoRo for Paul's friend Rogan Gibson.



Prosecutor Creighton Waters suggested that Murdaugh's use of the nickname PawPaw repeatedly on the stand last week was an affectation. 'This jury has heard multiple recorded statements of you during the course of this, did you ever refer to Paul as PawPaw during that?' Waters asked. Murdaugh said: 'I called him PawPaw, Mags called him PawPaw, Bus called him PawPaw, RoRo called him PawPaw ... I can call him Paul if you prefer that'

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Trial watchers have been gripped by the nicknames: Big Red for Murdaugh, PawPaw for Paul, White Boy for the farm truck and and Bo Whoop for a shotgun

Somber evidence has been punctuated with laughter, including when defense attorney Dick Harpootlian aimed a gun at prosecutors and joked, 'tempting'



Buster flips off witness


Attorney pays another prosecution witness $1,000 to 'reward her bravery'

The trial took a sensational turn on February 9 when an attorney who testified against Murdaugh was accused of making a $1,000 payment to another prosecution witness.

Defense attorney Phillip Barber interrupted proceedings to demand that the testimony of Mark Tinsley be struck from the record, after he donated to a GoFundMe page for Shelley Smith, Murdaugh's mother's caregiver.

Smith's daughter, Rachelle Buckner, set up the page to 'reward her mother's bravery' after her emotional testimony about seeing Murdaugh on the night of the murders which prosecutors say shatters his alibi.

The GoFundMe page has raised more than $30,000 at the time of writing.

Even Ellick had to break his stoic act and laugh

The Eggs

How does this change his prison situation since he was looking at 90 years anyways and death penalty was off the table

Does he go to a higher security facility?