Word: rubins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Zamora, says Rubin, "the tube became his parents and his school and his church." Adds the defense attorney...
...Pulling the trigger became as common to him as killing a fly." Zamora did not realize he was committing cold-blooded murder, contends Rubin, but "was just acting out a television script." The defense has claimed that circumstances of the crime were eerily similar to two recent episodes of Kojak and a Dracula movie Zamora watched the night before the murder. For its part, the prosecution disputes the plea of insanity, pointing out, for instance, that after the murder, Zamora treated four friends to a long weekend of fun at Disney World, compliments, he told them, of his father...
...Though Rubin has given an unprecedented twist to the standard insanity plea, it is hardly the first time television has been accused of a lethal influence...
...Circuit Court Judge Paul Baker has warned Rubin to stick to defending his client instead of indicting fictional melodrama. Counters Rubin: "It is inevitable that TV will be a defendant. I intend to put television on trial...
...Florida Supreme Court experiment allowing criminal trials to be broadcast, WPBT is videotaping the courtroom action and feeding excerpts to outlets around the country and abroad. The station may also be featuring what could be another TV first: Lieut. Kojak himself testifying on behalf of the defense. Rubin has subpoenaed Telly Savalas and hopes to put him on the stand because, he says, the actor has been "brave enough to speak out that television violence is bad. I want him to face a jury to say that...