If I recall, I believe he paid his lawyers with money from his settlement. The lawyers probably thought, well, here’s a big pot of money...
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From a possible 8 million dollars, Avery had to settle for $400,000 to pay the attorneys. Not that big a pot for fancy lawyers. Saved the state a lot of money, though.
$400,000 is an enormous amount of money in a small jurisdiction like that.
I would clear my calendar for the year for a $400,000 murder trial.