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...Faculty passed the proposal with only one dissenting vote-that by Alan M. Dershowitz, professor...
...Dershowitz originally voted for the proposal, but changed his vote after a motion he introduced questioning the present grounds on which officers of the University are disciplined was defeated...
...Dershowitz said yesterday. "The time has come to set up priorities, We should concentrate on crimes that are really serious and broaches of the law that we can fight...
George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology; Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law; Lester Grinspoon, associate professor of Psychiatry at the Medical School; and Harvey G. Cox, professor of Divinity, are members of the group, which was formed last December to work for reform of the drug laws...
...Dershowitz's dictum is extreme; outright repeal of conspiracy laws seems unwise. They are needed to stop dangerous plots before they are executed. But eminent scholars do support two basic reforms. For one thing, prosecutors should not be allowed to bring conspiracy charges when the plot has been carried out and the participants can be prosecuted for the very crime they conspired to commit. Second, critics like Yale's Goldstein contend that conspiracy law should be more compatible with the more explicit law of attempts. Under that doctrine, an illegal act must be close to consummation before...