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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Bonus Episode: Inside A Jury's Crime Scene Visit

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In a rare courtroom occurrence, Alex Murdaugh's defense attorney requested to bring jurors to the infamous Moselle estate where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were brutally murdered. The jury toured the Murdaughs' hunting lodge, finding bullet holes from the night of the murder. The following day, the jury reached a verdict, and Alex Murdaugh was found guilty on all counts of the murder of his wife and son. Criminal defense lawyer and former South Carolina U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles explains what happens when juries visit crime scenes, and why it happens during some trials. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:22.1

The March Big Weekend.

0:23.7

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0:30.1

I'm Emily Campanio, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast. On Thursday, March 2nd, Alec Mardaw was found guilty on all counts of the murders of his wife and son.

0:49.3

Leading up to the verdict, his defense attorney requested to bring the jurors out of the courtroom to visit the infamous Moselle Estate.

0:58.0

While touring the Hunting Lodge, jurors were able to see the site of the shooting deaths of Maggie and Paul Mardoff for themselves.

1:06.0

The kennels and feedrooms of Moselle Estate had been redone, showing no signs of violence,

1:11.6

except for the bullet holes still visible in the windows.

1:14.6

After touring the property, the jury returned to the courtroom for closing arguments.

1:19.6

Crime scene visits aren't a very common occurrence, so why did Alec Murdoz's legal team

1:24.6

want to bring the jury to his property?

1:26.6

And how did the trip impact

1:28.1

the jury's decision? On today's bonus episode, I'm joined by someone who can help explain why this

1:34.1

practice is done. Criminal defense lawyer and former South Carolina U.S. attorney Bill Nettles.

1:42.0

Bill, you've had such great insight into exactly why and how the jurors were instructed in certain ways.

1:49.3

And one of them being their physical tour of the Moselle estate.

1:53.8

So can you share with us the pros and cons of that jury visit?

1:59.0

Yeah.

1:59.8

You know, look, I mean, the primary thing is that, like, what we're

2:03.5

asking a jury to do is to take all of the admissible evidence and bring it all together and

2:11.6

sort out, you know, the facts from the lies and arrive at a decision that's a well-informed

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