The jury in the Murdaugh murder trial in South Carolina will visit the crime scene

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Lawyers for disbarred South Carolina attorney Richard Alex Murdaugh said they planned to finish their case on Monday after calling three final witnesses, and secured judge approval for jury visits to the scene of the shooting. the double murders.

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Before the jury was summoned for the day, defense attorney Dick Harboudlian told Judge Clifton Newman that it would be useful to visit Moselle, the family estate where prosecutors say Murdoch killed his wife and son on June 7, 2021.

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After Newman's ruling on the visit to Moselle, Harpootlian called forensic pathologist Jonathan Eisenstat to the stand, the first of three witnesses before the defense rests. Waters said he would call several rebuttal witnesses and likely rest the prosecution's case on Tuesday afternoon.

After Newman's ruling on the visit to Moselle, Harpootlian called forensic pathologist Jonathan Eisenstat to the stand, the first of three witnesses before the defense rests. Waters said he would call several rebuttal witnesses and likely rest the prosecution's case on Tuesday afternoon.

During his testimony, he said he had deceived law partners and clients out of huge sums of money to feed his drug habit, potentially undercutting his credibility with the jury. Waters has sought to portray Murdaugh as a serial liar who was under pressure due to mounting financial troubles in the months leading up to the killings.

The case has drawn intense media coverage, given the political influence of the Murdaugh legal family in South Carolina. Murdaugh, the scion of the family, was indicted by a grand jury in July and pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon.

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