mURDAUGH mURDERS

 mAYBE IT'S NOT WORTH MAKING A POST OUT OF THIS, BUT OH WELL, i'M DEVELOPING AN OPININ ABOUT THE aLEC mURDAUGH MURDER CASE IN sOUTH CAROLINE AND i CAN'T P[OST IT ON THE CHAT FEATURES SO i'LLL WRITE IT OUT HERE.  i DISCOVERED THE FULL COURT CASE WAS BEING STREEAMED AT yOU tUBE AND IT'S ODDLY COMPELLING, AND THEN i WATCHED THE WHOLE TESTIMONY BY aLEC HIMSEDLF TODAY, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW.  

aS i'VE BEEN COLLECTING MY IMPRESSIONS i'VE BECOME CONVINCED THAT THE EVIDEN CE SHOWS HIM TO BE GUILTY OF MURDERING THEM, ALTHOUGH i CAN ALSO SEE HOW THE DEFENSE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ARGUE THAT IT'S NOT BEOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.  

i THINK HE WAS/IS VERY ATTACHED TO HIS FAMILYSO THAT ALTHOUGH i THINK HE COMMITTED THE MURDERS i THINK IT HAD TO BE MOTIVATED BY A CONFUSED OR TWISTED AIM OF PRESERVING WHAT WAS LEFT OF IT.  hIS OWN BEHAVIOR HAD PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED THE REPUTATION OF THE FAMILY ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T ALL COME UPOUT UNTIL AFTER THE MURDERS, BUT ALSO HIS SON pAUL'S BOAT ACCIDENT HAD TAKEN A BIG BIT E OUT OF THE FAMILY REPUTATION.  mAGGIE AND pAUL BOTH KNEW ABOUT HIS ADDICTION AND mAGGIE WAS STARTING TO FIND OUT ABVOBOUT HIS FINANCIAL MISDEEDS.  hE HAD BEEN CONFRONTED ONLY THAT MORNING BY AN ACCOUNTANT AT HIS FIRM CONCERNING FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES.  tHE FAMILY NAME WAS TEETERING ON THE BRINGK.  tHE MOTIVATING OFFERED BY THE PROSECUTION WAS THAT HE WANTED TO COVER ALL THAT UP AND GAIN SYMPATHY THROUGH THE MURDERS AND THAT SEEMS TO HA E BEEN A PART OF IT.  yOU'D THINK THAT SACRIFICING PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO SUCH A MOTIVATION WOULD BE UNLIKELY BUT IF YOU SEE HIM AS TRYING TO PRESERVE WHAT IS LEFT OF THE FAMILY LEGACY, THE BIGGER PIRCTURE, AND SAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF ITS CONTINUING IN HIS SON bUSTER, THEN ERADICATING THE EVIL FRUITS OF HIS ADDITIONS TO OPIODS AND HIS STEALING FROM HIS CLINETS AND HIS LAW PARTNERS IS PARAMOUNT.  aLSO THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HIS SON pAUL HAD TO GO.  hE LOVED mAGGIE AND pAUL, THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS TO ME, BUT THE FAMILY NAME LOOMED LARGER IN HIS MIND.  tHAT'S WHAT i'M THINKING.  sAVE THE mURDAUGH LEGACY AT ALL COSTS.  aN D AT THE SAME TIME PROTECT HIMSELF FROM HIS OWN FAMILY'S TURNING AGAINST HIM PERHAPS.  aLL HIS HOPES OR AON bUSTER, THE SURVIVING SON.  

sOMETHING LIKE THAT.