A Nevada man who killed his wife and tried to shoot the judge who handled his divorce case has been ordered to pay $590 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. A jury voted the judgment to the daughter of the wife of Darren Mack, who is serving a life sentence for killing his wife in June 2006.

Under the award in the wrongful death lawsuit, $530 million will go to the couple's young daughter Erika and the rest will go to the estate of his slain wife Charla, according to court records.

Mack pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the stabbing of his wife Charla. He entered an Alford plea to the charge of attempted murder for trying to shoot family court judge Chuck Waller through his courthouse window. An Alford plea means he acknowledged that there was enough evidence to convict him, but did not admit guilt.

Since his pleas, Mack has petitioned the court to withdraw his pleas and face a trial, because his former attorneys coerced him into taking the plea deal, he claims. His request has been denied.

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