1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,062 Ellie! 4 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,487 They got names, but I don't know 'em. 5 00:00:31,489 --> 00:00:32,866 My daughter could tell you. 6 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:36,870 Well, I found out I became a juror on this trial 7 00:00:36,953 --> 00:00:40,415 when I got a letter in the mail and opened it. 8 00:00:41,583 --> 00:00:43,293 I let my mom look at it and she's, like, 9 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:46,087 "Oh, my God, you're going to be on the Murdaugh trial." 10 00:00:51,968 --> 00:00:54,596 We begin with a tragedy in the Lowcountry overnight. 11 00:00:54,679 --> 00:00:56,723 Two people, a mother and son, are killed. 12 00:00:56,806 --> 00:01:00,018 And now, investigators are looking for answers about exactly what happened. 13 00:01:00,101 --> 00:01:01,811 The victims, part of the Murdaugh family, 14 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:03,188 a legal and political dynasty. 15 00:01:03,271 --> 00:01:05,065 New developments today in the Alex Murdaugh case. 16 00:01:05,148 --> 00:01:08,193 We just learned authorities took Alex Murdaugh into custody. 17 00:01:08,276 --> 00:01:12,322 Alex Murdaugh, charged with the double murder of his wife and son. 18 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:13,656 So much has happened. 19 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:15,200 This family is basically cursed. 20 00:01:15,283 --> 00:01:18,078 Murder mystery that has gripped the nation. 21 00:01:18,161 --> 00:01:19,412 Alex set up a hitman. 22 00:01:19,496 --> 00:01:20,663 We learned some things this morning. 23 00:01:20,747 --> 00:01:22,248 More twists in the now growing legal case. 24 00:01:22,332 --> 00:01:24,626 Suspicion of stealing millions of dollars 25 00:01:24,709 --> 00:01:26,544 of insurance settlement money. 26 00:01:26,628 --> 00:01:29,547 It's just part of this bizarre story. 27 00:01:29,631 --> 00:01:32,467 Prosecutors said that Murdaugh fatally shot both of them 28 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:35,553 in order to distract from his own financial crimes. 29 00:01:35,637 --> 00:01:39,140 This became a fascinating case and a lot of twists and turns. 30 00:01:39,224 --> 00:01:42,143 What has been dubbed South Carolina's trial of the century. 31 00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:45,522 Breaking news from South Carolina tonight, where the verdict is in. 32 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:47,690 Alex Murdaugh is found guilty. 33 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:49,150 -Guilty. -Guilty. 34 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:52,028 I was convinced without a reasonable doubt 35 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:55,657 that he was guilty, so my verdict was guilty. 36 00:01:56,449 --> 00:01:58,451 I thought this was behind us. 37 00:01:58,535 --> 00:01:59,744 A stunning development 38 00:01:59,828 --> 00:02:02,831 in one of South Carolina's most high-profile murder cases. 39 00:02:02,914 --> 00:02:06,000 Three years after the verdict watched by millions, 40 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:08,211 Alex Murdaugh will get a new trial. 41 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:10,130 This all centers around the actions 42 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,966 of the county clerk at the time, a woman named Becky Hill. 43 00:02:13,049 --> 00:02:16,386 The justices finding shocking jury interference 44 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:18,513 by the court clerk, Becky Hill. 45 00:02:18,596 --> 00:02:22,225 She was a friendly person. Maybe she was too friendly. 46 00:02:22,308 --> 00:02:25,311 She felt a little bit like the 13th juror. 47 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:27,397 They got a lot of explaining to do. 48 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,733 And we were all just trying to get through all the lies. 49 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:46,207 This is Walter Street 50 00:02:46,291 --> 00:02:50,628 and if you look back this way, you can see City Hall. 51 00:02:50,712 --> 00:02:53,131 Of course, you see the palmetto trees here. 52 00:02:53,715 --> 00:02:56,259 Come to South Carolina, you see a lot of palmettoes. 53 00:02:57,552 --> 00:02:59,512 Probably our two largest employers 54 00:02:59,596 --> 00:03:02,348 would be the school district and the hospital. 55 00:03:02,432 --> 00:03:06,561 We have a lot of agriculture here, a lot of tourism here. 56 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:08,438 It's a very welcoming town. 57 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:11,441 The kind of place where you would bring people in 58 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:15,653 and sit on the porch and have a Coca-Cola, 59 00:03:15,737 --> 00:03:18,573 a glass of iced tea and talk. 60 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:22,368 All of the things that make a small town great. 61 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:28,166 Do you think people knew of Murdaugh before all this? 62 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:31,753 Well, the Murdaughs did not go to school here. 63 00:03:31,836 --> 00:03:33,588 They did not grow up here. 64 00:03:33,671 --> 00:03:36,049 They were not part of this community. 65 00:03:36,132 --> 00:03:40,678 But because the crime took place just inside county lines, 66 00:03:41,387 --> 00:03:43,848 we had the trial and all of that, so… 67 00:03:44,766 --> 00:03:48,102 But I think that's like saying, "Do you know Joe Biden?" 68 00:03:48,186 --> 00:03:51,064 You know, and everybody would say, "Yes, of course I know Joe Biden," 69 00:03:51,147 --> 00:03:53,691 but most people don't really know him. 70 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:56,819 And there'd be the same thing with the Murdaughs. 71 00:04:04,369 --> 00:04:07,455 After nearly a 50-year career in the law, 72 00:04:07,538 --> 00:04:10,959 you run across some interesting people and interesting cases. 73 00:04:11,834 --> 00:04:14,629 Had some folks give me a snake. 74 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:18,508 I don't even remember why that would be. 75 00:04:20,969 --> 00:04:23,805 I think it had something to do with my personality. 76 00:04:23,888 --> 00:04:27,850 And the ever-present hyena, 77 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:31,688 which my clients find quite entertaining. 78 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:34,983 I tell them that that's what happens to you if you don't pay. 79 00:04:36,901 --> 00:04:38,820 South Carolina is a small state. 80 00:04:38,903 --> 00:04:42,991 So, we have a correspondingly small number of lawyers. 81 00:04:43,074 --> 00:04:47,036 And I had occasion to spend time with Buster Murdaugh, 82 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,206 the grandfather of Alex Murdaugh. 83 00:04:51,165 --> 00:04:54,127 He was the solicitor for that circuit. 84 00:04:54,210 --> 00:04:57,338 I knew him fondly because I was one of the prosecutors. 85 00:04:57,922 --> 00:05:01,009 So, we drank liquor and we went to conventions. 86 00:05:01,092 --> 00:05:04,053 And once I went into private practice, 87 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:08,725 I was down there as a defense lawyer, talking with my old friend, Buster. 88 00:05:10,184 --> 00:05:14,272 They had a powerhouse law firm that's recently been renamed. 89 00:05:14,355 --> 00:05:18,568 It became the predominant law firm in that part of this state. 90 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:22,113 So, I've grown up as a lawyer with their family 91 00:05:22,196 --> 00:05:26,200 and interacting with them, and I knew Alex, or know Alex. 92 00:05:29,287 --> 00:05:34,125 I went down to Colleton County, thinking that this was a three-week trial. 93 00:05:35,084 --> 00:05:37,462 And it lasted six weeks. 94 00:05:37,545 --> 00:05:40,381 And I was there every moment of every day. 95 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:45,094 So, I contacted the clerk of court, Becky Hill. 96 00:05:46,721 --> 00:05:50,141 And she made arrangements to save me a seat. 97 00:05:50,224 --> 00:05:55,772 Becky Hill was the clerk of court, and their job is to run the courthouse. 98 00:05:55,855 --> 00:05:58,232 But most importantly, once a trial begins, 99 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:03,363 to accommodate jurors with meals and privacy 100 00:06:03,446 --> 00:06:07,909 and to protect them from any outside interference. 101 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:15,416 I don't have a lot to say about Becky Hill. 102 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:19,170 I think Becky Hill has said a lot for herself. 103 00:06:19,712 --> 00:06:22,340 My name is Rebecca "Becky" Hill 104 00:06:22,423 --> 00:06:25,343 and I am a native of Walterboro. 105 00:06:25,426 --> 00:06:28,221 I love my county and I love my job. 106 00:06:28,304 --> 00:06:30,348 Clerk, what do you have to tell? 107 00:06:30,431 --> 00:06:34,644 I met her during jury selection. 108 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:38,022 She was chipper and happy and asked us to make a list 109 00:06:38,106 --> 00:06:43,069 of drinks or anything, kind of pastries, that we would want in the mornings, 110 00:06:43,152 --> 00:06:45,530 and thought she was a friendly person. 111 00:06:45,613 --> 00:06:47,490 Maybe she was too friendly. 112 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:51,452 Always tried to be extra helpful. 113 00:06:52,286 --> 00:06:54,914 Your purpose as jurors 114 00:06:54,997 --> 00:06:59,210 will be to decide the facts of this case. 115 00:07:00,211 --> 00:07:02,630 Well, I thought it was interesting and crazy 116 00:07:03,464 --> 00:07:07,427 that somebody would actually murder their wife and their son. 117 00:07:07,510 --> 00:07:12,473 There's always two sides to a case, so you got to see it through. 118 00:07:13,141 --> 00:07:17,603 I was in that jury room daily, longer than I would have been at work. 119 00:07:17,687 --> 00:07:21,732 You cannot discuss the case with family, friends, or anyone else. 120 00:07:21,816 --> 00:07:24,360 You could see people in the audience that you knew. 121 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:25,820 You see people from news media. 122 00:07:25,903 --> 00:07:29,073 You see politicians, and you're just like, "Holy shit." 123 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:31,659 Did the weapon used to kill Maggie Murdaugh 124 00:07:31,742 --> 00:07:33,119 belong to her family? 125 00:07:33,202 --> 00:07:36,247 The gun used to kill Maggie still has not been recovered, 126 00:07:36,330 --> 00:07:39,125 nor has Paul Murdaugh's rifle. 127 00:07:39,208 --> 00:07:41,544 Seeing all the pictures and all the evidence, 128 00:07:41,627 --> 00:07:44,255 it's not something anybody would really want to go through. 129 00:07:44,338 --> 00:07:47,884 I can still close my eyes and see those pictures. 130 00:07:47,967 --> 00:07:48,968 It's horrendous. 131 00:07:49,051 --> 00:07:50,845 Tonight, Alex Murdaugh's alibi 132 00:07:50,928 --> 00:07:54,515 potentially destroyed by his son's own video. 133 00:07:54,599 --> 00:07:57,768 Before the Snapchat video, I wasn't sure if he did it or not. 134 00:07:57,852 --> 00:08:00,563 Prosecutors revealing a 58-second cell phone video, 135 00:08:00,646 --> 00:08:03,107 directly contradicting Alex Murdaugh's story. 136 00:08:03,191 --> 00:08:05,818 That puts him in the place of the murder. 137 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:07,487 I pretty much knew it was him. 138 00:08:08,738 --> 00:08:13,284 If you listen to the video, they were laughing, they were joking. 139 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:15,786 It gave me a little bit of pause. 140 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,751 How is this video proof that he killed them? 141 00:08:25,379 --> 00:08:27,548 This coverage is wall-to-wall. 142 00:08:27,632 --> 00:08:30,343 They haven't seen this much media attention in the area 143 00:08:30,426 --> 00:08:33,471 since the filming of Forrest Gump back in 1994. 144 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:38,142 The world came to Walterboro. We had media here from everywhere. 145 00:08:38,976 --> 00:08:42,021 During the trial, this whole area was covered with people. 146 00:08:42,104 --> 00:08:46,692 And as the trial progressed, the line got longer and longer. 147 00:08:46,776 --> 00:08:49,237 And as people were watching it on television, 148 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,448 they started coming here from all over the place. 149 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:55,910 And if you can see this cleared area over there, 150 00:08:55,993 --> 00:08:58,579 a lot of the news media was lined up. 151 00:08:58,663 --> 00:09:03,084 They had tents, 15, 20 satellite trucks here. 152 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:05,253 We had food trucks. 153 00:09:05,336 --> 00:09:06,837 We had porta potties. 154 00:09:06,921 --> 00:09:09,590 We have someone here that rents those, and they're really nice. 155 00:09:09,674 --> 00:09:11,926 They're called Taj Ma-Stalls. 156 00:09:12,009 --> 00:09:14,804 And so, we had some Taj Ma-Stalls over there. 157 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,812 Up until we got into the issue with the clerk of court… 158 00:09:24,355 --> 00:09:27,233 we walked away feeling really good about what we'd done 159 00:09:27,316 --> 00:09:30,653 and that we had done a good job. So we were proud. 160 00:09:33,030 --> 00:09:35,783 And what do those two records indicate? 161 00:09:35,866 --> 00:09:38,077 During the trial, I was undecided. 162 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,415 I really didn't have a "He's guilty, he's not guilty." 163 00:09:42,498 --> 00:09:44,166 I had a lot of questions. 164 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:47,003 And if I'm gonna convict a man of murder, 165 00:09:47,503 --> 00:09:50,256 I need a little bit more than thoughts and theories. 166 00:09:50,339 --> 00:09:52,925 I mean, there's just a lot of "ifs." 167 00:09:53,009 --> 00:09:54,760 Mr. Murdaugh, if you'll come forward 168 00:09:54,844 --> 00:10:00,558 and stand in front of me, and Madam Clerk, if you can swear him in. 169 00:10:00,641 --> 00:10:02,935 The day that Alex was gonna take the stand, 170 00:10:03,019 --> 00:10:06,772 Becky came through the courtroom, and she was excited. 171 00:10:06,856 --> 00:10:08,899 You could see it in her face. 172 00:10:08,983 --> 00:10:10,985 Have you made a decision as to whether you're gonna testify? 173 00:10:11,068 --> 00:10:13,946 I am going to testify. I want to testify. 174 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:17,241 She said, "Oh, my God, y'all, this is gonna be an epic day." 175 00:10:17,325 --> 00:10:19,452 "Alex is gonna take the stand." 176 00:10:20,036 --> 00:10:22,330 She told us that we were all gonna be famous. 177 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:24,832 And she said, "But I want y'all to listen carefully." 178 00:10:24,915 --> 00:10:30,087 "You need to pay very close attention to Alex's body movement, his motions." 179 00:10:30,588 --> 00:10:33,507 "And you know, don't be fooled by what the defense says." 180 00:10:33,591 --> 00:10:35,384 "You're gonna hear a lot of things." 181 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,929 And when she said that, I just kind of questioned to myself, 182 00:10:39,013 --> 00:10:41,265 "Did she just tell me that they're gonna lie?" 183 00:10:43,517 --> 00:10:44,560 Good morning. 184 00:10:46,145 --> 00:10:49,440 Unheard of. That is so inappropriate. It's… 185 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:54,945 I mean, it's even hard for me to conceive that anybody could think 186 00:10:55,029 --> 00:10:58,324 that that was not gonna be a problem for them. 187 00:10:58,407 --> 00:10:59,784 Mr. Murdaugh… 188 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,453 on June 7th… 189 00:11:03,412 --> 00:11:07,291 2021, did you take this gun, or any gun like it, 190 00:11:07,792 --> 00:11:11,420 and fire it into your wife, Maggie, causing her death? 191 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:16,217 Mr. Griffin, I didn't shoot my wife or my son anytime. 192 00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:18,260 Ever. 193 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:23,057 Now, to breaking news in the Murdaugh murder trial. 194 00:11:23,140 --> 00:11:25,726 After six weeks in this Colleton County courtroom, 195 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:28,437 jurors are weighing the fate of disbarred attorney, Alex Murdaugh. 196 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:30,064 Jury's prepared to work through the weekend. 197 00:11:30,147 --> 00:11:32,233 I'd be stunned if they came back 198 00:11:32,316 --> 00:11:36,195 with a verdict within a day, because this is a complicated case. 199 00:11:38,906 --> 00:11:40,199 The day of deliberation, 200 00:11:40,282 --> 00:11:43,786 I had a phone call conversation with Becky. 201 00:11:44,453 --> 00:11:48,082 She asked me, "Well, have you made up your mind about the verdict?" 202 00:11:48,165 --> 00:11:49,125 And I said, "No." 203 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,460 I wanted to hear, you know, everything to the end 204 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,671 before I, you know, started to deliberate. 205 00:11:54,171 --> 00:11:58,217 And she asked me what made me think that he was innocent. 206 00:11:58,759 --> 00:12:01,554 And I said, "Well, there's no murder weapons, you know." 207 00:12:01,637 --> 00:12:03,723 "There's-- Guns are still missing." 208 00:12:03,806 --> 00:12:06,559 And she told me that I needed to put them out of my head. 209 00:12:06,642 --> 00:12:08,352 They would never be seen again. 210 00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:11,439 I can't honestly say how I would have voted. 211 00:12:13,941 --> 00:12:16,610 That was the morning I was dismissed. 212 00:12:18,195 --> 00:12:23,284 First off this morning, we have to deal with the issue involving… 213 00:12:25,202 --> 00:12:28,038 the removal of a juror. 214 00:12:28,914 --> 00:12:32,543 They said there was an anonymous email from the public that stated 215 00:12:32,626 --> 00:12:37,506 that I was speaking about the trial outside of court. 216 00:12:39,633 --> 00:12:41,761 -And were you? -No. 217 00:12:42,803 --> 00:12:45,181 I spoke to nobody about the trial. 218 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:48,476 Thank you for your service. I'm not… 219 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:53,397 suggesting that you intentionally did anything wrong, 220 00:12:54,023 --> 00:12:58,444 but that in order to preserve the integrity of the process, 221 00:12:58,527 --> 00:13:01,113 and in fairness to all the parties involved, 222 00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:06,744 we're going to replace you with one of the other jurors. 223 00:13:08,704 --> 00:13:11,624 Have you brought everything that you have? 224 00:13:11,707 --> 00:13:14,835 Have you left some stuff in there? What do you have in there? 225 00:13:15,336 --> 00:13:17,505 -A dozen eggs. -Say that again. 226 00:13:17,588 --> 00:13:19,632 -A dozen eggs. -"A dozen eggs"? 227 00:13:19,715 --> 00:13:20,800 Yeah. 228 00:13:23,219 --> 00:13:28,098 When I was dismissed from court, I was known as juror 785, 229 00:13:28,182 --> 00:13:31,602 or more publicly as the "Egg Juror." 230 00:13:33,145 --> 00:13:35,189 Three-five-four will become part of the… 231 00:13:35,272 --> 00:13:40,069 That was an extraordinary thing to happen, to excuse a juror… 232 00:13:41,278 --> 00:13:44,657 an hour before the case would otherwise have been handed 233 00:13:44,740 --> 00:13:47,827 to she and the other 11 jurors that had sat there 234 00:13:47,910 --> 00:13:49,995 listening to the entire trial. 235 00:13:51,038 --> 00:13:54,291 So, everyone wondered what in the world was going on. 236 00:13:56,293 --> 00:14:00,506 We walked into deliberations and everybody was excited. 237 00:14:00,589 --> 00:14:06,512 You know, we took an initial vote and nine of us said guilty. 238 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:11,934 Two of us said not guilty, and one of us were undecided. 239 00:14:13,227 --> 00:14:15,354 So, we gotta deliberate some more. 240 00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:18,274 We had to look at more evidence. 241 00:14:18,816 --> 00:14:22,945 We looked at the guns. We looked at the Snapchat video. 242 00:14:23,028 --> 00:14:25,364 -Come here, Bubba! -Catch, quick. 243 00:14:25,447 --> 00:14:27,116 Everybody was shocked. 244 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:31,495 And I think they really could hear it better in the jury room, 245 00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:34,748 so they could actually pay attention a little better. 246 00:14:34,832 --> 00:14:37,209 And I think the Snapchat video swayed… 247 00:14:38,002 --> 00:14:39,962 their vote. 248 00:14:40,671 --> 00:14:44,675 In the term of 2022, July, 249 00:14:44,758 --> 00:14:48,262 the state versus Richard Alexander Murdaugh, defendant, 250 00:14:48,345 --> 00:14:51,932 indictment for murder, guilty verdict, 251 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:56,103 signed by the forelady, 3-2-23. 252 00:14:56,186 --> 00:14:58,147 How could you kill your wife and son? 253 00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,857 What do you think of the verdict, Alex? 254 00:14:59,940 --> 00:15:02,318 -Why did you lie? -There is breaking news. 255 00:15:02,401 --> 00:15:06,280 Alex Murdaugh is found guilty of murdering his wife and 22-year-old son. 256 00:15:06,363 --> 00:15:07,865 Good evening, we begin with breaking news. 257 00:15:07,948 --> 00:15:09,450 After just about three hours of deliberation… 258 00:15:09,533 --> 00:15:10,618 Three hours. 259 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:14,163 Three hours to find disgraced lawyer, Alex Murdaugh, guilty. 260 00:15:14,246 --> 00:15:18,792 Today's verdict proves that no one, no matter who you are in society, 261 00:15:18,876 --> 00:15:20,127 is above the law. 262 00:15:22,212 --> 00:15:23,130 Thank you. 263 00:15:23,213 --> 00:15:26,050 Shortly after the jury verdict, 264 00:15:26,133 --> 00:15:31,347 public interest went from, you know, 70 to 200. 265 00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:33,432 There are so many loose ends with this one. 266 00:15:33,515 --> 00:15:36,518 I still actually think that there was not enough to convict him. 267 00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:38,395 I hope he rots in jail. 268 00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:40,397 Anyone else feel like your entire life 269 00:15:40,481 --> 00:15:42,399 is revolved around the Murdaugh trial right now? 270 00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:45,736 After trial, I got contacted by a whole slew of people. 271 00:15:45,819 --> 00:15:47,404 I got in with Dr. Phil. 272 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:50,574 We've been analyzing the body language from Alex Murdaugh. 273 00:15:50,658 --> 00:15:52,076 And Good Morning America. 274 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:54,578 Juror Craig Moyer breaking his silence. 275 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:58,248 Joining us now are jurors James McDowell, Gwen Generette, and Amie Williams. 276 00:15:58,332 --> 00:15:59,583 Good morning to all of you. 277 00:15:59,667 --> 00:16:03,087 By the way, guess who's spoken out? OJ Simpson even weighed in. 278 00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:06,840 I went to the Murdaugh auction, and this is what I bought. 279 00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:09,718 One lady paid so much money for a vacuum 280 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:12,137 that was, like, still full of dirt from their home. 281 00:16:12,221 --> 00:16:13,097 Oh, my gosh. 282 00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:15,307 I mean, it just went, "Boom." 283 00:16:22,856 --> 00:16:25,526 After the trial, it kind of blew up with… 284 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:29,446 what happened, and everybody had, you know… 285 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:34,493 they wanted to do a story, and I just didn't want any part of it. 286 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:43,210 It got me to a point that I had to go see the counselor 287 00:16:43,293 --> 00:16:46,046 who helped me to deal with 288 00:16:46,130 --> 00:16:50,551 some of the social media posts that had been put out about me. 289 00:16:51,468 --> 00:16:56,306 Stupid comments that I don't even know where they would come up with this stuff. 290 00:16:56,390 --> 00:16:58,600 But it was kind of hilarious. 291 00:16:58,684 --> 00:17:02,062 I read so much about myself I didn't even know who I was. 292 00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:06,900 She wanted to reclaim her life and her privacy. 293 00:17:06,984 --> 00:17:09,737 So, my first responsibility for her 294 00:17:09,820 --> 00:17:12,614 and ultimately for the second juror, Juror Z… 295 00:17:13,407 --> 00:17:17,661 was to get the press off of their back. And then, as we talked, 296 00:17:17,745 --> 00:17:23,459 I learned more about what had gone on backstage. 297 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:26,628 And it caused me great concern, and I knew… 298 00:17:27,588 --> 00:17:28,881 uh, that… 299 00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:34,720 the defense lawyers were talking about interviewing jurors. 300 00:17:34,803 --> 00:17:38,974 Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are demanding a new trial 301 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,393 and a federal investigation, citing allegations 302 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:44,229 that a court clerk engaged in jury tampering. 303 00:17:44,313 --> 00:17:47,941 They then filed a motion for a new trial based upon jury tampering. 304 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:52,237 And that led to an extraordinary hearing. 305 00:17:54,323 --> 00:17:55,532 Please be seated. 306 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:01,413 Juror Z, did you hear Ms. Becky Hill 307 00:18:01,497 --> 00:18:05,084 make any comment about this case before your verdict? 308 00:18:05,751 --> 00:18:08,504 -Yes, ma'am. -What did Ms. Hill say? 309 00:18:11,215 --> 00:18:12,800 To watch his actions. 310 00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:14,968 To watch his actions. 311 00:18:15,677 --> 00:18:16,720 What else? 312 00:18:18,430 --> 00:18:21,725 -To watch him closely. -To watch him closely. 313 00:18:21,809 --> 00:18:23,310 Was your verdict… 314 00:18:24,853 --> 00:18:28,607 influenced in any way by the communications 315 00:18:28,690 --> 00:18:30,943 of the clerk of court in this case? 316 00:18:31,026 --> 00:18:32,111 Yes, ma'am. 317 00:18:32,194 --> 00:18:34,613 She made it seem like he was already guilty. 318 00:18:37,157 --> 00:18:39,743 Thank you, Your Honor. The state calls Rebecca Hill. 319 00:18:44,748 --> 00:18:45,874 Did you… 320 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:51,338 interact with any juror in an attempt to influence their view 321 00:18:51,421 --> 00:18:54,007 of the facts in the State v Murdaugh case? 322 00:18:54,091 --> 00:18:55,342 No. 323 00:18:55,425 --> 00:18:58,887 At any time, did you tell the jury "not to be fooled" 324 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:01,974 by evidence presented by Mr. Murdaugh's attorneys? 325 00:19:02,057 --> 00:19:03,225 I did not. 326 00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:06,103 At any time did you instruct the jury 327 00:19:06,186 --> 00:19:08,689 to watch him closely and look at his actions? 328 00:19:08,772 --> 00:19:10,274 I did not. 329 00:19:10,357 --> 00:19:14,945 At any time did you instruct the jury or tell the jury to look at his movements? 330 00:19:15,028 --> 00:19:16,029 No. 331 00:19:16,113 --> 00:19:19,491 Anything along those lines that was meant to influence 332 00:19:19,575 --> 00:19:22,327 -the jurors against Mr. Murdaugh? -No. 333 00:19:33,589 --> 00:19:37,217 I wish she would come out and tell the truth and say why. 334 00:19:37,301 --> 00:19:40,345 I wish more than anything that she would tell the truth. 335 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:45,017 Among the reasons that have been posited out there are the-- 336 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:51,064 She did it all because she has some problem with the Murdaughs. 337 00:19:51,148 --> 00:19:55,027 Another theory is that this was all about the book she was writing, 338 00:19:55,110 --> 00:20:00,324 that she figured the only ending that would sell books is a conviction. 339 00:20:07,956 --> 00:20:10,209 So, this is trialwatchers.com, 340 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:14,755 and we try to celebrate true crime fans from all over the country. 341 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:18,926 And we decided to focus on the Murdaugh trial. 342 00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:22,596 I first heard the name Becky 343 00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:25,682 when I was standing in line at the courthouse. 344 00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:28,268 Well, she said, I want to write a book. 345 00:20:28,352 --> 00:20:32,814 And I said, "I should connect you with my husband. He's a former newscaster. 346 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:36,526 She had already had the title of the book in mind. 347 00:20:36,610 --> 00:20:38,904 She already knew what she wanted the focus to be, 348 00:20:38,987 --> 00:20:42,241 which is to take somebody, kind of, behind the curtain 349 00:20:42,324 --> 00:20:45,327 during what was known as the trial of the century. 350 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:49,623 They wanted autographs from us. They wanted autographs from the bailiffs. 351 00:20:49,706 --> 00:20:53,126 Becky and I probably communicated every other day. 352 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:54,503 We would do a Zoom call. 353 00:20:54,586 --> 00:20:59,174 I'd be laying back with my neck pillow like I'm on an airplane or something, 354 00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:02,135 and I would ask her a number of different questions, 355 00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:06,598 gather all the information, and then I would basically do a rough draft. 356 00:21:06,682 --> 00:21:10,310 Like, do they recognize you as the person that read the verdict? 357 00:21:10,852 --> 00:21:11,728 Oh, yeah. 358 00:21:11,812 --> 00:21:15,732 They'll say, "You're the one who read the verdict." Yeah. Yeah. 359 00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:22,030 So we ended up publishing it in a span of about four months. 360 00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:28,120 Becky Hill had a front row seat every single day during that trial. 361 00:21:28,203 --> 00:21:31,206 There will be a book tour that I'm going to be on, 362 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:36,295 and that's coming up in the next 14 days, so stay tuned for where I'll be. 363 00:21:36,378 --> 00:21:40,841 A book event got set up, and there was a line around the building. 364 00:21:40,924 --> 00:21:44,678 And every morning, Alex would walk in and say, "Good morning, Miss Becky." 365 00:21:45,178 --> 00:21:48,724 We sold 250 books within three hours 366 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:50,934 and she autographed every single one 367 00:21:51,018 --> 00:21:56,523 and talked to people. She was one of them. That's her people. 368 00:21:57,399 --> 00:22:01,236 That's why we feel like she just really naturally got caught up. 369 00:22:02,237 --> 00:22:05,449 There were things along the way, looking back… 370 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:09,578 um, that maybe… 371 00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:15,292 were oversharing sometimes and it gave me a pause. 372 00:22:15,917 --> 00:22:20,255 Everybody that we've encountered is 100 percent that he's guilty. 373 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:21,340 Really? 374 00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:24,718 So we haven't met anybody who thinks he didn't do it. 375 00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:31,391 At the crime scene, when all the jurors and Becky 376 00:22:31,475 --> 00:22:35,562 and all the attorneys went out there and actually walked around 377 00:22:35,645 --> 00:22:38,148 and she explained how eerie it was. 378 00:22:38,732 --> 00:22:40,734 There were several of us women all together, 379 00:22:40,817 --> 00:22:44,446 and we walked over to where Maggie would have been laying. 380 00:22:45,322 --> 00:22:48,533 We all looked at one another and spoke very softly. 381 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:52,537 This is where she was. This was her final moments. 382 00:22:55,874 --> 00:23:01,588 What must she have been thinking to see her son with his head blown off, 383 00:23:01,671 --> 00:23:04,633 because she had to have seen that before it turned on her, 384 00:23:05,258 --> 00:23:07,386 and then knowing who had done that. 385 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:12,724 Becky wrote, "As a clerk of court, we're supposed to be Switzerland." 386 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:17,479 But as we were riding back on the way to the courthouse, 387 00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:20,232 when there were a few court officials in the vehicle, 388 00:23:20,774 --> 00:23:24,778 they actually discussed what they witnessed. 389 00:23:24,861 --> 00:23:31,201 "And as a regular person," she said, "we all felt Alex was guilty." 390 00:23:31,284 --> 00:23:35,705 -And that's what she told us. -Yeah. And that's in the book. Yeah. 391 00:23:35,789 --> 00:23:39,042 She was the clerk of court, but I almost got the impression 392 00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:42,754 that she felt a little bit like the 13th juror 393 00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:45,340 and that she was listening to the testimony 394 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:49,469 and she was kind of making up her own mind as she went along. 395 00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:06,111 -Bill. -How you doing, buddy? 396 00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:07,904 Okay. 397 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:13,702 Today, we filed a lawsuit on behalf of Richard Alexander Murdaugh Senior 398 00:24:14,202 --> 00:24:16,204 versus Rebecca Hill. 399 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:19,207 With the South Carolina Supreme Court's ruling, 400 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:22,002 it has been adjudged that she deprived him 401 00:24:22,085 --> 00:24:23,962 of a right to a fair trial. 402 00:24:24,045 --> 00:24:26,548 We have a lot of questions that we would like answered. 403 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:29,092 Was she a lone wolf? 404 00:24:29,926 --> 00:24:36,224 I'll tell you this removal of the egg lady juror is very suspicious. 405 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:39,644 The way she was targeted, it just… 406 00:24:42,063 --> 00:24:43,398 it's very curious. 407 00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:47,152 And we hope to get to the bottom of that. 408 00:24:48,111 --> 00:24:50,614 The defense's job is to muddy the waters, 409 00:24:51,239 --> 00:24:53,200 to throw out a thousand conspiracy theories 410 00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:55,744 and get people thinking about everything else 411 00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:57,913 except about the facts of the case. 412 00:24:59,331 --> 00:25:02,876 I was involved in the Murdaugh trial as the state Attorney General. 413 00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:06,087 I believe we did it right the first time. 414 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:08,173 It was not our fault this thing was reversed. 415 00:25:08,256 --> 00:25:09,716 The Supreme Court themselves says 416 00:25:09,799 --> 00:25:12,427 this falls solely on the shoulders of one person. 417 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:15,347 That was the Colleton County Clerk of Court, Becky Hill. 418 00:25:15,430 --> 00:25:17,182 Obviously none of us knew about it. 419 00:25:17,265 --> 00:25:21,520 When we became aware, I sent that case to an independent prosecutor 420 00:25:21,603 --> 00:25:25,440 who came to the conclusion that Ms. Hill's conduct was inappropriate, 421 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:28,485 but it was harmless error as it related to the conviction. 422 00:25:28,568 --> 00:25:30,362 But the Supreme Court went in another direction, 423 00:25:30,445 --> 00:25:32,447 and we're going to act accordingly. 424 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:35,825 Over the weekend, we learned that the Attorney General 425 00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:38,995 has announced he's considering the death penalty in this case. 426 00:25:39,996 --> 00:25:42,040 He's probably talking to his political consultants 427 00:25:42,123 --> 00:25:45,460 who thought that was a good soundbite for his governor's campaign. 428 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:49,005 And then we've seen this process since the beginning of this case 429 00:25:49,089 --> 00:25:54,719 where Alan Wilson plays politics as opposed to playing prosecutor. 430 00:25:55,345 --> 00:25:57,597 They got a lot of explaining to do. 431 00:25:57,681 --> 00:26:01,351 Yes, I am a candidate for governor, but my role as the attorney general 432 00:26:01,434 --> 00:26:04,312 is to set the stage for the next trial. 433 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:06,982 The Supreme Court reversing a case like this 434 00:26:07,065 --> 00:26:09,609 is obviously going to affect everyone's trial strategies 435 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:11,987 because it's a movie we've all seen before. 436 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,406 It's like the jump scares, you know when they're coming. 437 00:26:14,489 --> 00:26:17,909 And if we're starting over at ground zero, um, 438 00:26:17,993 --> 00:26:20,662 then we're going to consider and evaluate everything. 439 00:26:20,745 --> 00:26:23,039 People believe this that if you have money and power, 440 00:26:23,123 --> 00:26:24,124 you have one justice system. 441 00:26:24,207 --> 00:26:27,168 If you don't have money and power, you have a different justice system. 442 00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:29,671 People said there's no way someone like that 443 00:26:29,754 --> 00:26:31,881 will be convicted in South Carolina. 444 00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:33,091 We did that the first trial, 445 00:26:33,174 --> 00:26:35,093 and I believe we'll do that on the second trial. 446 00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:17,302 One thing I was thinking about is how many victims there are 447 00:27:17,385 --> 00:27:18,511 in all of this. 448 00:27:18,595 --> 00:27:21,389 It's not just Alex's family. 449 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,476 There were so many other people who were impacted. 450 00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:39,658 My husband got worried about me because I was starting to break down. 451 00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:45,288 And I could talk to him, but it wasn't the same 452 00:27:45,372 --> 00:27:49,834 as getting somebody that actually could break it down 453 00:27:49,918 --> 00:27:54,005 and explain it to me how to get past it. 454 00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:02,013 -Do you need a moment? -I'm good. 455 00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:05,433 It was a lot. 456 00:28:14,818 --> 00:28:18,238 I feel very relieved that I have nothing to do with the second trial. 457 00:28:20,865 --> 00:28:23,618 I don't know. I think they're blowing it all out of proportion 458 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:24,953 is what they're doing. 459 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:30,834 I don't remember anybody talking about tampering 460 00:28:30,917 --> 00:28:34,087 or influencing anybody or anything. 461 00:28:37,090 --> 00:28:40,218 There was times I wish I never was involved in this. 462 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,763 I'm like, "Oh, Lord, they're still talking about it." 463 00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:45,014 The saga continues… 464 00:28:45,098 --> 00:28:47,142 A second chance to face… 465 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:48,643 But they'll get a brand-new jury. 466 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:49,936 Now, this will not be the same jury… 467 00:28:50,019 --> 00:28:52,689 Will disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh be acquitted 468 00:28:52,772 --> 00:28:55,817 of murdering his wife and son in a retrial? 469 00:28:57,277 --> 00:29:01,406 I would blame, I guess, Murdaugh. I mean… 470 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,492 Nobody else to blame except for him. 471 00:29:06,661 --> 00:29:12,041 Especially if he's guilty, which I sincerely believe he is, 472 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:15,253 but we'll see.