Word: bulow
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Harvard Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, who argued Claus von Bulow's successful appeal against a 1982 attempted murder conviction, said yesterday that he would continue to advise von Bulow's defense, but would not represent the case should a new trial be called...
Dershowitz said that he would be unable to represent von Bulow in trial because the proceedings are lengthier than those of an appeals court...
Dershowitz's appeal resulted in the reversal of von Bulow's conviction on the grounds that prosecutors examined crucial evidence without a warrant, and that during the 1982 that the presiding judge illegally barred the defense from certain information collected by the prosecution...
...attempting to "fit the facts to his story" when he wrote that "many" students complained about an incident when the professor played a tape recording for his first year criminal law class. The implication was that Dershowitz neglected his teaching responsibilities while preparing the appeal of Klaus von Bulow's murder conviction...
...magazine runs high-society gossip (a few pieces on the Von Bulow trial), unusual "living on the edge" tales (one about a transexual Jewish American Princess), and voyeuristic features (a look at the behind-the-scenes goings on during the recent Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton play Private Lives.) But the magazine's contributing editors more often than not elevate the topics they address...