Alex Murdaugh's prominent defense lawyers, Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, say they barely turned a profit on the bombshell South Carolina double murder trial.
The money in the receivership will ultimately be divvied up among Murdaugh's victims.
About $518,000 of this sum was spent on unspecified expenses, with the remainder going to Griffin and Harpootlian, who is a Democratic state senator in South Carolina. They wrote that their payment was"grossly insufficient to cover the actual attorneys' fees incurred preparing for and defending Murdaugh."
The trial, held in Walterboro, had limited options for accommodation. State prosecutors, who were also not local, stayed at the Hampton Inn and Suites, whose rooms overlook I-95 or a parking lot.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North CarolinaStates will be disenrolling people from Medicaid as pandemic-era policies wind down. But in two states, some who lose coverage may requalify months later, once Medicaid expansion takes effect.
Read more »
Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black votersThe Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters
Read more »
Supreme Court to review South Carolina racial gerrymander claimThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid by South Carolina Republicans to restore a congressional district that a lower court ruled a racial gerrymander.
Read more »
Supreme Court to hear racial redistricting case from South CarolinaA lower court found that Rep. Nancy Mace’s district was an illegal racial gerrymander.
Read more »
Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black votersThe Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina's congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. The justices said Monday they would review a lower-court ruling that found a coastal district running from Charleston to Hilton Head was intentionally redrawn to reduce the number of Democratic-leaning Black voters and to make it more likely Republican candidates would win. The case probably will be argued in the fall, and decided in the run up to the 2024 elections, when all the seats in the closely divided House of Representatives, now under Republican control, will be on the ballot.
Read more »