Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz has been a fierce critic of the Florida prosecutors who brought the state’s case against George Zimmerman. Dershowitz has gone as far as saying Florida State Attorney Angela Corey should be disbarred, and that the U.S. Justice Department should investigate the prosecution for violations of George Zimmerman’s civil rights. According to Dershowitz in a recent interview, Corey tried to have him fired and recommended that he be disbarred for criticizing her.
The story is detailed in a piece by Ian Tuttle at National Review:
Angela Corey’s Checkered Past | National Review Online http://t.co/FFq71v6243 via @NRO tried to have Dershowitz fired? What she have a 3.0
— Shaun Cee Pony Soldier (@frogandpelican) July 17, 2013
A couple of points made in the article:
Tuttle: after Dershowitz’s criticisms, Harvard LS’s dean’s office received a phone call. …Corey spent 1/2 hr demanding Dershowitz be fired.
— Raging Red © (@Raging_Red) July 17, 2013
Tuttle: According to Dershowitz, Corey threatened to sue Harvard, to try to get him disbarred, and also to sue him for slander and libel.
— Raging Red © (@Raging_Red) July 17, 2013
Did anybody let Corey know that Harvard is just a tad out of her jurisdiction?
If this is all true it’s certainly ironic, because Corey’s overblown reaction to an accusation of prosecutorial overreach will have helped validate the charge.
Stay tuned and put some oil in the popper:
@JoleneAL Actually @Angela_Corey has lost her flipping mind going after Dershowitz & Harvard. Popcorn please == hee hee Popcorn Yes!
— Debz (@Deberra) July 17, 2013
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