{"id":54074,"date":"2023-09-14T16:09:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T23:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54074"},"modified":"2023-09-14T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T23:38:16","slug":"just-saying-powerful-words-from-the-bench-during-alex-murdaughs-double-murder-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54074","title":{"rendered":"JUST SAYING:  Powerful Words from the Bench During Alex Murdaugh&#8217;s Double-Murder Sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Judge Locks Up Alex Murdaugh for Life, Throws Away the Key\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e9uwaHb80X4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Six months ago, Judge Clifton Newman slammed Alex Murdaugh with the maximum penalty of two consecutive life sentences for murdering his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. \u201cI sentence you to prison for murdering them, for the rest of your natural life,\u201d Newman said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>*******************<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>JUST SAYING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I spent thirty years working in four newsrooms in Texas and California: The El Paso Herald-Post, The El Paso Times, the Press Enterprise in Riverside, California, and The Ventura County Star.<br \/>\nI wrote on more than 120 murder cases throughout the 18 years I was assigned to cover the federal, state, and municipal courts.<br \/>\nSome stories, especially those involving kids, were challenging to write about, and a couple of them have taken up permanent residence in my mind.<br \/>\nSome of the judges&#8217; remarks, like Judge Newman&#8217;s, were impactful and poignant during the guilty defendants&#8217; sentencing. 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