Word: dershowitz
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Other critics, including civil libertarian Alan Dershowitz, came around to driver's-license reforms after 9/11. Most of the hijackers had driver's licenses or state IDs, leading the 9/11 commission to recommend changes like the ones proposed. Had this bill been enacted by 2001, some of the terrorists would probably have had invalid licenses because their visas had expired...
Dzambukira said he hopes to collect at least 500 signatures before Thursday’s meeting. In addition to the signatories, the petition has solicited the support of seven student groups and Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz...
...imprisoned or condemned offender. In addition, "there is a preference for finality," says Martin Guggenheim of New York University Law School. "The notion that a verdict can't be overturned based simply on more evidence is part of the American system of justice." Says Harvard's Alan Dershowitz: "The law has a stake in more than this case. It worries about the hundreds in prison who now may be inclined to have people retract testimony...
...Dershowitz has gained notoriety for defending famous clients, including OJ Simpson and Claus Von Bulow, a socialite who was accused of attempting to kill his wife and was subsequently acquitted...
...been teaching forty-one years and have never missed a class for a case,” Dershowitz said. “I argued the case on Tuesday, and the whole argument took half an hour. I prepared for it over the weekend...