Word: dershowitz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alcohol and tobacco, two substances that, this group insists, kill far more people by undermining their health and, in the case of alcohol, lead to innumerable auto crashes, barroom brawls and savage family fights. "We've already decriminalized two drugs, alcohol and tobacco," says Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz. "Now it's time to decriminalize a third, heroin...
...there are many variations. Some supporters would permit the legal sale of marijuana only; Washington Mayor Marion Barry might add cocaine but is dead set against legalizing PCP (angel dust). Economist Friedman would permit the sale of every imaginable brand of upper and downer at the local drugstore. Dershowitz would go so far as to distribute heroin free from mobile vans in inner cities to "medically certified addicts...
Some are calling it a new twist on the old trial strategy of blaming the victim. "The she-asked-for-it defense doesn't work anymore," says Harvard University Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. "So now we're hearing she demanded it." The first use of that argument may have been in the trial last year in St. Louis County, Mo., of Dennis Bulloch, who faced murder charges in the death of his wife. Julia Bulloch's body, bound to a chair with adhesive tape, had been found in the burned remains of the couple's garage, which Bulloch admitted torching...
...Professor Alan Dershowitz, who is part-owner of the deli that has drawn national attention, did not attend yesterday's rite...
Speaking before the council recently, Professor of Law Alan Dershowitz offered a broad critique of the clubs. "Where did they [final club members] learn that it's more comfortable to be with only males, to be with only Christians, to be with only whites?" he asked. "At Harvard. The time has come for Harvard students to say that this wrong." This is not a question of the male members' right to associate, but a question of whether females, Blacks, and others, can be denied this right...