Word: claus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Socialite Claus von Bulow did not testify during the retrial which acquitted him last year because his legal advisers wanted the jury to focus on medical rather than "soapopera testimony," said von Bulow's lawyer, Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz in his upcoming book, "Reversal of Fortune...
...Claus taken the stand, the jury's focus would have been on him," said Dershowitz, who was hired by von Bulow to secure a retrial and to advise him on his defense. "And no one can know for sure what the verdict would have been...
...There were no dissents, except for a regret from Claus, who said he had no choice but to follow his lawyers' advice," said Dershowitz...
...hearings; many members never read the measure that gave away their responsibilities, but they overwhelmingly voted for it; final approval came at 10:15 p.m. on the eve of the prospective default, and then it was soon time to go home for Christmas. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus...
Dershowitz--a die-hard Celtics fan who had never missed a Celtics playoff game--was in the midst of defending Danish socialite Claus Von Bulow against murder charges while last year's Celtics-Sixers semi-final playoff series was being played. The jury was out and was expected to return at any moment when the players took the floor for the sixth and final game...