Word: fairstein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week, at the opening of Chambers' trial, angry demonstrators protested what they called the defense's "blame the victim" strategy. Prosecuting Attorney Linda Fairstein, labeling Chambers a "consummate liar," promised to introduce evidence that the couple did not have intercourse. "There was no sex," she told the jury. "Only death." If convicted of second-degree murder, Chambers faces a possible life sentence...
...drugs or alcohol is likely to cloud the issue of consent in a criminal trial. Says Linda Fairstein, a Manhattan district attorney in charge of the sex-crimes unit: "The defense will say she gave consent and just doesn't remember...