Post ATDvHlplVdvJLEkn0i by melissadancey@mastodon.au
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 (DIR) Post #ATDmY7A94unKXN0Mmu by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2023-03-03T00:08:34Z
       
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       BREAKING: Alex Murdaugh unanimously found guilty of murders after jury deliberates for 3 hours.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATDnOdXnvgNU1d7Ei8 by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2023-03-03T00:18:05Z
       
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       Guilty on all counts. I will note that (before now) most of the experts I saw on cable news lately discussing this case seemed to feel that the prosecution had done a terrible job.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATDp2u2A8lmKhk50F6 by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2023-03-03T00:36:26Z
       
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       One might assume that a key factor making this case ultimately so persuasive to the jury was the cell phone video that resulted in Murdaugh finally admitting in court that he had continuously lied about his stated whereabouts during the time frame of the murders, attempting to blame this on paranoia caused by his drug addiction.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATDpk9WgPsCBClyjWy by mrcompletely@heads.social
       2023-03-03T00:44:14Z
       
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       @lauren I saw the same analysts saying the case was weak, but then when I read a full recap of the evidence presented it was pretty overwhelming. And the idea that your paranoia might make you lie in all these bizarre ways is hard to put out there without allowing the obvious inference that someone that far gone would turn to murder. Once you've admitted you're irrational it's not that far a step when there's also clear means/motive/opportunity
       
 (DIR) Post #ATDvHlplVdvJLEkn0i by melissadancey@mastodon.au
       2023-03-03T01:46:09Z
       
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       @lauren  who??
       
 (DIR) Post #ATF49D75oDwC5QoN96 by mtomczak@qoto.org
       2023-03-03T14:58:04Z
       
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       @lauren It is the nature of our justice system, deeply baked into the jury of one's peers, that (with rare exceptions for gross ignorance of the facts) a jury can convict on weak evidence if they do not like the defendant's face.One of the quirks of the whole deal and among the reasons the right to face one's accuser is so key, because it at least forces the jury to see both faces.