Police chief promises 'justice' for all of Alex Murdaugh's victims

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : The judge hinted that - in his eyes - he believes Murdaugh should have been sentenced to death for the heinous slayings of his wife and adult son and suggested that he would have handed down the death penalty if prosecutors had requested it.
40% : Judge Newman said that other inmates had been sentenced to death for a lot less but that prosecutors had taken the death penalty off the table.
39% : "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," he said.
39% : The convicted killer took the stand in his own defence and admitted for the first time that he was there at the kennels with the two victims that night - and that he had lied to law enforcement officials investigating the case, his family members and close friends and colleagues for the best part of two years.

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