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7
People
4
Organizations
2
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
4
Quotes

Document Information

Type: Manuscript draft / legal memoir excerpt
File Size: 2.55 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a page from a manuscript draft (likely by Alan Dershowitz, given the reference to his book 'The Best Defense') submitted to the House Oversight Committee. It details two specific legal cases involving attempted murder: one involving the 'factual impossibility' of killing a corpse, and another utilizing a biblical analogy (the 'Abraham Defense') regarding a man who threatened his sister's abuser but was stopped by police. Both cases highlight complex legal defenses regarding intent and impossibility, resulting in the clients going free.

People (7)

Name Role Context
Alan Dershowitz Author / Attorney
Implicitly the narrator/author ('I argued...'). Identified via the mention of his book 'The Best Defense' and the spe...
Client 1 (Unnamed) Defendant
Young man who shot an acquaintance in the head after the victim had already been shot in the heart.
Client 2 (Unnamed) Defendant
Man accused of attempting to kill his sister's former boyfriend with a knife.
Sister of Client 2 Victim (Arson)
Died of burns after her house was allegedly burned down by her former boyfriend.
Former Boyfriend Victim (Attempted Murder) / Suspect (Arson)
Suspected of burning down the sister's house; threatened with a knife by Client 2.
Abraham Biblical Figure
Used as a legal analogy for intent and intervention.
Isaac Biblical Figure
Used as a legal analogy for the victim.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
House Oversight Committee
Document source/recipient via Bates stamp.
Brooklyn Court
Venue for the first appeal of the 'corpse' case.
Albany Court
Venue for the second appeal (likely NY Court of Appeals).
Federal Court
Venue for the Habeas Corpus petition.

Timeline (3 events)

Prior to 2012
Shooting of a 'corpse' incident
Unknown
Client 1 Acquaintance (Shooter 1) Victim
Prior to 2012
Arson and subsequent attempted revenge killing
Former boyfriend's apartment
Client 2 Sister Former Boyfriend
Prior to 2012
Legal Appeals
Brooklyn, Albany, Federal Court

Locations (2)

Location Context
Location of first appeal.
Location of second appeal.

Relationships (3)

Alan Dershowitz Attorney-Client Client 1
Text refers to 'My client'
Alan Dershowitz Attorney-Client Client 2
Text refers to 'My client'
Client 2 Siblings Sister
Text refers to 'his sister's former boyfriend'

Key Quotes (4)

"man dies but once"
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Quote #1
"The Best Defense"
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Quote #2
"Abraham Defense"
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Quote #3
"Can you kill a man who is already dead?"
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Quote #4

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