The South Carolina judge did not mince words.
. The day after the swift conviction, Newman delivered a searing speech slamming Murdaugh as a “monster” whose conduct was worse than many death row inmates before handing him two life sentences.
But on Tuesday, Newman spoke for the first time about his views on the trial, admitting he was surprised it had received so much national attention and expressing his admiration for the“I wasn’t experiencing any of that—I was simply a judge in a trial doing my job, as I’ve done repeatedly over the years,” Newman said.
“It had the added notoriety because it involved a lawyer who had been accused of stealing over $8 million from a number of clients,” he explained. “A lawyer who admittedly was strung out on drugs and more than anything else, a man who’s accused of killing his wife and his son.” Newman also spoke about several key decisions he made during the trial that could have contributed to the conviction—including allowing prosecutors to use Murdaugh’s alleged financial crimes as evidence. Murdaugh currently faces over 100 separate charges, ranging from financial crimes for allegedly stealing from his clients and former law firm, to staging his own murder for an insurance payout for his only surviving son.
“Once a defendant takes the stand and testifies, almost everything is fair game at that point,” Newman said. Murdaugh’s legal team has said they plan to appeal the conviction.
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