Murdoch Murder Trial: The Case of Alec Murdoch

Alec Murdoch was accused of murdering his wife and son to win sympathy. Judge Clifton Newman ruled in favor of the prosecution's request for testimony about Alec's alleged financial crimes. The defense protested loudly, saying they should not be allowed to present evidence from a past bad act. Newman: "I find that it is so intimately connected with an explanatory of the crime charged that proof of it is essential"