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Recently, in response to the announcement that Professor [Alan M.] Dershowitz might represent Mike Tyson in the appeal of his rape conviction, we began a small-scale effort to enlist law students to work to the prosecution in the case...
...continued support for such rights is, as Dershowitz threatened, "going to push [him] to take the case," then Mike Tyson's got himself a new lawyer. Ashley Barr Michelle Greene James McNasby Harvard Law School
...students said they respect Tyson's right toan appeal and Dershowitz's right to defend...
McNasby said the Tyson case has an importantplace in a rapidly evolving debate about how womenare treated in the American judicial system. Hepointed to the William Kennedy Smith rape trialand to Anita hill's charges of sexual harassmentas recent incidents contributing to the debate...
Several witnesses who would have spoken insupport of Tyson have come forward now that themedia has disclosed the rape victim's name,Dershowtiz said...