Word: jascalevitch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...along with his paper, was cited for contempt of court last month for refusing to permit Judge Isidore Trautwein to examine his notes in camera, admitted in court early this month that he had accepted a $75,000 advance on a book he was preparing on the Mario Jascalevitch murder case. He also admitted to having shown his notes to one of his publisher's editors. Even worse, Farber apparently had concluded his book contract without the knowledge of his superiors at the Times or of the attorneys retained by the paper to defend...
...Farber affair began last spring, when Farber refused to permit defense counsel in the murder trial of Dr. Jascalevitch to examine his notes for a series of investigative articles that had spurred the prosecution of Jascalevitch. Farber and the Times had argued that the defense had failed to show that any information gleaned from such an examination would be relevant to Jascalevitch's defense, and, more importantly, that such a subpoena violated First Amendment guarantees of press freedom. Jascalevitch's counsel responded that he could not demonstrate the relevance of material he had not been permitted to see, and that...
...would determine which, if any, of Farber's notes must be turned over to the defense. Attorneys for Farber and the Times rejected this approach, however, arguing that it too violated the First Amendment, and that Judge Trautwein had failed to show why such material might be relevant to Jascalevitch's defense. Trautwein responded by citing Farber and the Times for contempt of court...
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