Richard Gerstein

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Richard Gerstein
State Attorney for Miami-Dade County, Florida
In office
1956–1978
Succeeded byJanet Reno
Personal details
BornRichard Everett Gerstein
(1923-09-05)September 5, 1923
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 26, 1992(1992-04-26) (aged 68)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Miami (BBA and LLB)

Richard E. Gerstein (September 5, 1923, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – April 26, 1992, Miami, Florida) was an American lawyer and six-term State Attorney for Miami-Dade County. He obtained the first conviction in the Watergate scandal, of Watergate burglar Bernard Barker, and uncovered the first connections between the botched burglary and President Richard Nixon's reelection campaign.

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