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was seen at coverage of the Murdaugh case, this year, as a prominent South Carolina attorney, former Fifth Circuit Solicitor, 1991-1995, who led murder and public corruption prosecutions, Newsmax reported his remarks, claiming that politics influenced legal proceedings, and connections involving state officials, in relation to the Alex Murdaugh matter, the coverage noted his discussions of political factors, statements attributed to Harpootlian, adding to public discourse surrounding the case

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Dick Harpootlian

Richard “Dick” Harpootlian is one of South Carolina’s leading lawyers with 30 years of experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and civil litigator.

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Richard Harpootlian

Richard A. "Dick" Harpootlian is the South Carolina representative to the Democratic Party. He began his liberal activism while editor of *The Tiger* in the early 1970's. On November 13, 1970 he published the f-word on the front page of The Tiger - sort of - in connection with campus censorship issues of the day (which see). … In 1983, he co-prosecuted Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins, the largest mass murderer in the history of the state, who committed a contract killing on a death row inmate while...

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