Murdaugh's head is shaved as he is booked into SC prison fortress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : But as I sit here in this courtroom and look around at the many portraits of judges and other court officials and reflect on the fact that over the past century, your family, including you, have been prosecuting people here in this courtroom and many have received the death penalty, probably for lesser conduct.
44% : I don't question at all the decision of the state not to pursue the death penalty.
35% : When he gave evidence in his own defense, the first thing he did was admit he had lied to investigators about being at the kennels, saying he was paranoid of law enforcement because he was addicted to opioids and had pills in his pocket the night of the killings.

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