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Alan Dershowitz
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QUOTE: Since the
restoration of the death penalty in 1976, further evidence confirms the
deterrent effect of the death penalty. Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, a
strong opponent of the death penalty, has conceded as much. “Of course, the death penalty deters some crimes, that’s why
you have to pay more for a hit man in a death penalty state than a non-death
penalty state.”
[Debate among Paul Cassell, Alan
Dershowitz, and Wendy Kamenar on the death penalty (Harvard Law School, Mar. 22,
1995)]
AUTHOR:
Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is
an American lawyer, jurist, and political commentator. He has spent most of his
career at Harvard Law School where in 1967, at the age of 28, he became the
youngest full professor of law in its history. He has held the Felix
Frankfurter professorship there since 1993. Dershowitz is known for his
involvement in several high-profile legal cases and as a commentator on the
Arab–Israeli conflict. As a criminal appellate lawyer, he has won 13 of the 15
murder and attempted murder cases he has handled, and has represented a series
of celebrity clients, including Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, and Jim Bakker. His
most notable cases include his role in 1984 in overturning the conviction of
Claus von Bülow for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny, and as the
appellate adviser for the defense in the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995. He is the
author of a number of books about politics and law, including Reversal of
Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case (1985), the basis of the 1990 film; Chutzpah
(1991); Reasonable Doubts: The Criminal Justice System and the O.J. Simpson
Case (1996); The Case for Israel (2003); and Rights From Wrongs: A Secular
Theory of the Origins of Rights (2004).
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