Alex Murdaugh's defense lawyer Jim Griffin blasted state investigators Thursday for so desperately trying to pin the murders on the defendant that they fabricated evidence.
Criminal defense attorney Josh Ritter on jurors visiting Murdaugh property and outstanding questions surrounding the murder caseAlex Murdaugh's defense lawyer Jim Griffin told jurors Thursday in summations that investigators"failed miserably" in their probe and accused them of"fabricating evidence" against the defendant.
A report from a state blood-spatter expert, which was never introduced at trial, concluded that there was high velocity blood spatter on Murdaugh's T-shirt. But it was later revealed that the shirt tested negative for blood. After the defense challenged the blood spatter expert's report in pretrial motions, prosecutors did a 180, arguing at trial that Murdaugh's white T-shirt appeared freshly laundered.
He also challenged the state's theory that Paul and Maggie died at 8:49 p.m. because that's when their phones locked for the last time. The attorney, who was a former federal prosecutor, ridiculed the state's suggestion of motive: that Murdaugh committed the heinous crime to prevent his financial malfeasance from coming to light.
It's inconceivable that moments later Murdaugh would fatally shoot his beloved wife and son, Griffin argued. "Let me add another scenario that's equally plausible," he said."What if Paul, the detective, learned, learned the source of drugs that were being sold to his dad?" Paul, who was known as the little detective in his family, had confronted his dad about a stash of pills in his computer bag about a month before the murders.trial has now stretched into its sixth week with more than 70 witnesses taking the stand, including Murdaugh.
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