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...small moment what I believe or do not believe in the story in the January 3, 1977 issue of The Crimson concerning the reversal of Kenneth Edelin's conviction. However, I would like to correct the record as it appears in the story...
...that I believed that the jury which originally tried Dr. Edelin was incorrectly instructed by the trial judge. I tried as clearly as I could to point out to your reporter that in the partial dissent and partial concurrence of Chief Justice Hennessey, he stated that the conviction should be reversed and Dr. Edelin should have a new trial because the jury was not instructed that the defendant, in order to be convicted, must be found beyond a reasonable doubt to have "formed his judgment of non-viability either in bad faith, or unreasonably, based upon facts he knew...
...This was really an attempt to resurrect the old anti-abortion laws, and now that Edelin has been cleared, I think it will take some of the weight off of physicians who are presently performing abortions...
Allan J. Dershowitz, professor of Law, said yesterday he did not believe the Supreme Court could have rejected Edelin's appeal...
Neither Newman Flanagan, the prosecutor in the case, nor Edelin were available for comment yesterday