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What happened on the night Davis McClendon died?
And he says the Ford pickup's infotainment system proves it.
This is Bud's brain.
This is malice. This is intent. The state has not proven that Mr. Ackerman acted with malice or with the intent.
It's the highest possible bar, and the defense insists the state has not proven its case.
Mr. Ackerman is entitled to a verdict of not guilty. This is judgment day. It's verdict day. You never know what a jury's going to do. You got 12 people making the decision.
Have you reached a verdict in this case? Ladies and gentlemen, it's my understanding that the jury has reached a verdict.
For the Ackerman jury, six days of testimony and evidence boil down to a deliberation less than a half hour long.
State of South Carolina versus William Gray Budd Ackerman.
Did you have a feeling about what that verdict might be? Yes. Yeah, a quick verdict like that is not good. Not good.
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