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Alex Murdaugh's defense team found a focus group had 'a really hard time believing' the prosecution's claim the legal scion murdered Maggie and Paul to distract from his financial crimes, a former South Carolina attorney general has revealed.
Charlie Condon said that undermining the motivation of 'money trouble' put forward by the prosecution turned up 'the top' result for the defense when carrying out tests ahead of trial.
The State argues Murdaugh shot Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, at their hunting lodge in Islandton, South Carolina, to divert attention away from the millions he was embezzling from his law firm.
But Condon said he knew from 'a very reliable source' on the defense team that 'a lot of people have problems believing that'.
Charlie Condon said that undermining this aspect of the prosecution case turned up 'the top' result for the defense when carrying out tests ahead of the trial
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lSouth Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson is seen talking with John Marvin Murdaugh and Former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon at the double murder trial on Monday. Murdaugh and his attorney Jim Griffin are seen in the foreground
Speaking to ABC News 4, Condon said: 'The reason they're using it is because they know through the focus group that people have a really hard time believing that someone that has
