South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has told the United States District Court that he will be fair when deciding Richard Moore’s request for clemency.
According to district court fillings , McMaster declared in a sworn statement that he would be fair and impartial regarding clemency or petitions dealing with death row inmates, including Moore.
Moore’s attorneys at the Columbia-based law firm Justice 360 filed a lawsuit questioning McMaster’s impartiality because of his former job as South Carolina Attorney General and his role in defending Moore’s death sentence. McMaster was the state’s top attorney from 2002-2011. On Oct. 15, District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis asked McMaster to swear impartialness…