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Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz was first off the mark with Reasonable Doubts, a discussion of the legal issues of the case with very little real drama. That missing ingredient, however, has been whipped up in generous gobs in both prosecutor Christopher Darden's In Contempt (ReganBooks; $26), written with Jess Walter, and this week's offering, defense attorney Robert Shapiro's The Search for Justice (Warner Books; $24.95), written with Larkin Warren. There are no bombshells here, but both lawyers take the reader on a breathless you-are-there ride, evoking once again all the emotions of that fevered...
...forced her into the Camry. The car was then driven to Manitou Park, about two miles from the shopping center. It was there, police believe, that Weinstein was able to activate the recorder she kept in her tote bag. According to Ocean County prosecutor Daniel Carluccio, the taped conversation between Weinstein and LaSane took place as they removed personal items--bags, notebooks, her six-year-old son's belongings--from the car. "It wasn't hysterical," Carluccio says of the 24-minute tape. "It wasn't the kind of thing you would expect of someone who is facing a life...
...excerpts of the talk released by the prosecutor show why Weinstein was a beloved figure at Thorne Middle School in Middletown, where she was a special-education teacher. "You haven't done anything yet," she tells her abductor. "All you have to do is let me go and take my car. For my life, don't you think I should be concerned and let you take my car? For my life! Do you really want to have that on your head?" At another point, the teacher tries to get him to open up. "Why don't you just tell...
Books? Publishing insiders say a high-profile candidate could command an advance of $300,000 and more. What's a high-profile candidate? One with controversial positions and some success among angry voters. Publisher Judith Regan, whose celebrity authors include Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern and O.J. prosecutor Chris Darden, sums up the field, "When I look at Lamar Alexander, I don't say, 'Aaah, book.' When I look at Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan, I say, 'Aaaah, book...
...Michigan law is being used to deter "Johns" from coming into Detroit from the suburbs to solicit prostitutes. According to George Ward, chief assistant prosecutor in Wayne County, the law resulted in the seizure of 2,927 vehicles last year. As for any unwitting wives, Ward asks, "What about the idea that the residents of Sheffield Street are even more innocent, and shouldn't have to put up with the vice market of prostitution?" The Supreme Court, in a decision written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and joined by Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Ginsburg...