Murdaugh jurist has sat for Oconee cases
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Clifton Newman, the judge in the Murdaugh trial, has adjudicated matters in Oconee County — even though he’s a judge based in the low state town of Kingstree. Research by Lisa Burton, the Oconee clerk of court, shows Judge Newman’s Oconee bench time included conducting post-conviction relief hearings in 2012. He presided over court terms in Anderson County in 2005 […]
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