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Category: OpEd

Lauderdale: Don’t hide evidence in Murdaugh murder case if you want public trust in justice​

By Jen MaddenIn Courts, eBulletin Columns, FOIA, News, News Exchange, OpEdPosted July 21, 2022
Lauderdale

Want to start restoring confidence in the South Carolina system of justice? Disregard both banks of lawyers in the murder case against Alex Murdaugh and demand that the business of the court remain public, not gagged. At a bond hearing July 20 in the historic Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro,...

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