Judge tosses Alex Murdaugh’s $600,000 suit against former court clerk
Murdaugh, whose murder convictions were overturned due to clerk’s misconduct, will face trial again
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A US federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by Alex Murdaugh seeking $600,000 in legal fees from the former court clerk whose misconduct led to his murder convictions being overturned on appeal.
Murdaugh sued Becky Hill in May, saying she violated his right to a fair trial over the deaths of his wife and son.
A jury found Murdaugh guilty, but the state supreme court overturned the convictions and life sentences earlier this year, saying Hill’s comments to jurors suggested the once-prominent lawyer was guilty and his testimony in his own defense could not be trusted.
The problem with Murdaugh’s legal reasoning is he would have had to spend the money anyway, because it was not Hill who investigated or pursued justice against him, Judge Richard Gergel wrote in his ruling on Wednesday.
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