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...publicized case, the murder trial of Robert Chambers, 20. A handsome preppie college dropout, Chambers claims to have accidentally strangled Jennifer Levin, 18, when she hurt him during predawn sex in New York City's Central Park last August. To bolster Chambers' version of the killing, Defense Attorney Jack Litman attempted to obtain Levin's diary as evidence, characterizing it as a chronicle of her "kinky and aggressive" sex life. After reading the diary privately, the presiding judge ruled that it contained no information relevant to the defendant's case. By that time, however, Levin's character had been impugned...
...Herrin had no close friends at Yale. His academic record was dismal. Yet former classmates, faculty members and, particularly, the university's Roman Catholic community rallied immediately to his side with a $30,000 defense fund and all the influence they could bring to bear. New Yorker Jack : Litman, a stellar attorney, was hired to ' provide a defense. His case ultimately de| pended on Psychiatrist John Train, another brilliant performer on the criminal circuit, who argued that Herrin was suffering from both severe mental disease that impaired his ability to realize what le was doing. (Herrin testified repeatedly...
...prosecutor, with his moralistic oratory and his psychiatrist, who essentially agreed with the defense case, was no match for Litman. "In the end," a juror summed up, "it came down to whether . . . you went with your instincts or your heart." Bonnie's mother Joan had a different interpretation: "If you have a $30,000 defense fund, a Yale connection and a clergy connection, you're entitled to one free hammer murder...
Scoring Harvard 5-2-0-2-9 Davis Doyle (2) Forbush, Meagher (3). Rainaid Sollee: Dartmouth 2-3-2-1--8 Litman (3). Marshall (3) Oisson Osman Shots-Harvard 39 Dartmouth 35 Saves Pendergast (H) 21. Ulcickas (D) 16 Ground basis Harvard 48--Dartmouth 48 Penalty minutes Harvard 1-1-2 1/2-0--4 1/2, Dartmouth...
Medicine appears to attract personalities especially vulnerable to stress. Says Litman: "It draws workaholics, overly conscientious people who take failure poorly, and idealists, who are frequently disappointed during their careers." Compounding the problem is the feeling of omnipotence that many doctors develop after they save their first lives. Later on, this can make it difficult for them to admit they need help. "They believe themselves to be omnipotent," says Litman, "semi-deities in a white smock." Finally, doctors have easy access to drugs. Says Psychologist Louis Wekstein of Boston's Tufts University: "Psychotherapy is almost a last resort. They...