Jury Duty

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In The Verdict and the Aftermath, we present our coverage of the verdict in the trial of Alex Murdaugh, as well as the aftermath of the case. Before we begin this final episode of Season 8 of Jury Duty, we want to let you know, that we are suspending publication of this Jury Duty Podcast, as well as further publication on our flagship website, CrimeStory.com, to focus our energies on other endeavors that are only possible because of the work we’ve done here at Jury Duty and over at CrimeStory.com. One of those new endeavors is a podcast produced by our sister company, Pleasant Run Productions. “Shadow of Hope” explores the history of the People of Hope, a Catholic Covenant Community. At their peak in the 1980s, the People of Hope took over a parish in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, clashed with local residents, and built the suburban equivalent of a compound. Over eight episodes, host Karen Ann Coburn tries to find out what led regular people – her neighbors, classmates, and friends – to commit their lives to this secretive group. In the process, she reveals the truth about life inside a Covenant Community and ponders the question, “What price are we willing to pay to belong to something bigger than ourselves?” Meanwhile, over nine seasons here at Jury Duty, we’ve covered the trials of Robert Durst, Kyle Rittenhouse, Travis and Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan (convicted for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery), former Olympic equestrian Michael Barrisone, Harvey Weinstein, Danny Masterson, OJ Simpson, and Alex Murdaugh. Over the last four and a half years, this podcast series has generated nearly five million downloads. For a more detailed and thorough overview of the work we’ve accomplished both at Jury Duty and across the Crime Story Media Endeavors, head over to our Farewell Page at CrimeStory.com. Most importantly, we want you to know that we are so grateful to all of you for following us on this journey, and we hope you will stay tuned for what comes next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Closing Arguments — Part 3, we conclude our look at the Jim Griffin’s summation for the defense and we present our coverage of John Meadows rebuttal closing argument for the State. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Closing Arguments — Part 2, we conclude our coverage of the State’s closing argument in the trial, and we begin our look at the defense team’s summation. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Closing Arguments — Part 1, we begin our review of closing arguments in the case. Specifically we offer the first part of the prosecution’s closing. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The State’s Rebuttal Case, we offer a narrative overview of the testimonies of each of the rebuttal witnesses presented by the state to respond to testimony and evidence offered by the defense witnesses. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Defendant’s Brother — Part 3, we conclude our review of the testimony of the defendant’s brother, John Marvin Murdaugh. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Defendant’s Brother — Part 2, we continue our review of the testimony of the defendant’s brother, John Marvin Murdaugh. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Crime Scene Reconstruction Expert — Part 2 and the Defendant’s Brother — Part 1, we conclude our review of the testimony of Crime Scene Reconstruction Expert, Tim Palmbach and we begin our look at the direct examination of the defendant’s brother, John Marvin Murdaugh. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Forensic Pathologist — Part 3 and the Crime Scene Reconstruction Expert — Part 1 we conclude our review of the testimony of the defense team’s forensic pathology expert, Dr. Jonathan Eisenstat. We also begin our look at the direct examination of Crime Scene Reconstruction Expert, Tim Palmbach. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Forensic Pathologist — Part 2 we continue our review of the testimony of the defense team’s forensic pathology expert, Dr. Jonathan Eisenstat. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In “I Intended for Him to Shoot Me and I Intended To Be Gone” and Forensic Pathologist — Part 1 we conclude our review of Alex Murdaugh’s testimony beginning with Jim Griffin’s efforts to counter the prosecutor’s argument that the defendant’s motivation for lying was to coverup his guilt. Griffin seeks to use Murdaugh’s testimony to convince the jury that the lies were side-effects to his addiction-fueled paranoia. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Alex Testifies — Part 10 — A Gotcha Moment? we conclude our review of Creighton Waters’ cross-examination of Alex Murdaugh which culminates in the prosecutor posing a question to the defendant that seeks to undermine his explanation for lying about the fact that he was with his wife and son just before they were killed. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In Alex Testifies — Part 8 — “Am I a Busy Bee?” we review the section of Creighton Waters’ cross-examination of Alex Murdaugh, during which the prosecutor asks the defendant about his activities during the period of time immediately before and after the killings. Waters also questions the defendant about the interview conducted by SLED Agents during the early morning hours after the murders. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Alex Testifies — Part 7 — “You were at the murder scene with the victims just minutes before they died, right?” we continue our look at Prosecutor Creighton Waters’s questioning of the defendant in this trial, Alex Murdaugh. Waters zeroes in on details in the defendant’s testimony about his actions in the moments before and after the murders are presumed to have been committed. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Alex Testifies — Part 6 — “They're all people that I care about… And I did wrong by them.” we begin our review of Day 23 and resume our look at Prosecutor Creighton Waters’s questioning of the defendant in this trial, Alex Murdaugh. Waters continues to explore examples of Murdaugh’s criminal behavior, including his theft of nearly $4 million in insurance proceeds from his former housekeeper’s family. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Alex Testifies — Part 5 — “I Took Money That Was Not Mine” we continue our review of the cross-examination of the defendant in this trial, Alex Murdaugh. Prosecutor Creighton Waters seeks to get the defendant to acknowledge that his deceitful and larcenous behavior towards his clients was conscious and pre-meditated. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Alex Testifies — Part 4 — “Do I Feel Like I Was Successful? No, sir, I don’t.” we begin our review of the cross-examination of the defendant in this trial, Alex Murdaugh. Prosecutor Creighton Waters launches his questioning of Mr. Murdaugh by inquiring about the prominence of the defendant’s family, and how Alex used that stature to his own personal advantage. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the CrimeStory.com website to our Patreon. For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis’s Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.