The attorney representing Decarlos Brown Jr (the man who murdered Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte NC light rail) is running for South Carolina State Representative as a Democrat

X ^ | 04/03/2026 | Matt Van Swol

[DFG]

🚨WHAT ON EARTH?!!!

The Democratic Party is running the man DEFENDING Iryna Zarutska's mu*rderer... for office in South Carolina.

Yes, you read that right.

The de*th penalty attorney representing Decarlos Brown Jr., the man who m*rdered Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte NC light rail...

...is running for South Carolina State Representative, as a Democrat

[Red Badger]

Why am I not surprised?....................

[bigdaddy45]

I know I’m supposed to be outraged by this, but every defendent has a right to representation. Its just how the system works.

[dfwgator]

[aynrandfreak]

Brown will probably be running for office in a couple of years

[MtnClimber]

Well, maybe not!

[Salman]

Democrats are NOT (as the old conservative trope would have it) "soft on crime".

They are actively in favor of it.

[Ann Archy]

He has a pedophilia look about him. Am I alone?

[Ann Archy]

And the KILLER WOULD WININ A BLACK DISTRICT!

[Fai Mao]

Every criminal has a right to a vigorous defence. This is no different than the lawyers defending President Trump running for office.

[PermaRag]

Running unopposed in the Rat primary in a slightly upscale R+8 district in the Greenville suburbs.

The incumbent freshman Republican is a very rare thing in the wimpy SC legislature — he is a fairly decent conservative.

So naturally the Republican is facing a primary (but at least there won’t be a runoff), probably being challenged from the left though there is always the chance of a phony challenge from the right; whatever does damage will satisfy both the Democrats and the RINOs.

Sadly, R+8 is not safe in the current 2026 political climate so the racist murderer’s lawyer could actually win (and I don’t just mean his court case) in November. It remains to be seen how much the shyster-sleazebag will spend to buy the seat, or how much will be spent by Democrats on his behalf.

[NorthMountain]

know I’m supposed to be outraged by this, but every defendent has a right to representation.

Indeed. Defending a defendant like this one would likely be distasteful to most, but it still needs to be done.

[sjmjax]

Looks more like a street bum or alcoholic that someone did a half hearted attempt to clean up.

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[buckalfa]

"Sadly, R+8 is not safe in the current 2026 political climate so the racist murderer’s lawyer could actually win (and I don’t just mean his court case) in November. It remains to be seen how much the shyster-sleazebag will spend to buy the seat, or how much will be spent by Democrats on his behalf."

Plus the SC GOP primaries are turning into a MAGA versus GOPe bitch fight giving the Rats a better chance if the Republicans cannot unify. Ideological purity won't get you far if the cost is not winning elections.

[DCPatriot]

Talk about Cognitive Dissonance...

[Fish Speaker]

Didn’t John Adams, our second President, defend the British soldiers who took part in the Boston Massacre?

[Reily]

Yes he did!

[oldtech]

This certainly has no business being allowed. If we are to have any kind of justice in this country, this kind of stuff must be stopped.

[oldtech]

Well, there has to be reason when a criminal is being represented. There are too many escaping justice it seems to me.