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Giuliani, who was introduced by Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz as "one of the great prosecutors of all time," has served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York since 1983. He has successfully prosecuted the heads of the New York Mafia as well as prominent insider traders and politicians...
Legal experts are dubious about the prospects of an alcohol-related defense, though many believe it could be used to win some leniency for Deaver in sentencing. "This defense has been frequently used and has almost never been successful," says Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. "It's a defense of the last resort." Explains Lawyer Michael Kennedy, who cited his client's drug dependency in unsuccessfully appealing for a new murder trial for Schoolmistress Jean Harris: "Juries tend to look at addiction as something for which you must bear the responsibility. Therefore they are disinclined to let people...
...Standing up for the Soviet refuseniks is part and parcel for standing up for human rights around the world," Dershowitz told about 30 people in the Yard...
Members of one of the families Dershowitz worked to release, the Gudava family, were at the write-a-thon to help publicize the plight of Soviet refuseniks...
...Three months ago, my brother and I were in prison and now we are able to stand here on these steps," Gudava said, adding that Dershowitz was largely responsible for his release from the Soviet Union...