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$10M civil judgment to stand against Jason Carter after being acquitted in mother's death

A jury found Jason Carter not guilty of murder in March.
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KNOXVILLE, Iowa — A judge has again ruled that a $10 million civil trial verdict holding a man responsible for his mother's death will stand although the man was acquitted after a criminal trial on a murder charge. 

Marion County Judge Martha Mertz released her decision Monday in the case against Jason Carter. The civil verdict ordered him to pay the money to his mother's estate.

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His father, Bill Carter, had filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his son, saying Jason fatally shot Shirley Carter in June 2015 to gain access to his parents' assets.

In March, a jury found Jason Carter not guilty of the murder charge.

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