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Criminal

Jun. 4, 2018

Is it possible for the most hated man in America to get a fair trial?

It remains to be seen whether a man like Harvey Weinstein can get a fair trial at all.

Lara Yeretsian

Principal
Yeretsian Law APC

450 N Brand Blvd 6th Fl
Glendale , CA 91203

Phone: (818) 741-1220

Fax: (818) 441-5296

Email: firm@laralaw.com

Southwestern Univ Law School

Yeretsian Law is a criminal defense firm.

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Is it possible for the most hated man in America to get a fair trial?
Benjamin Brafman, Harvey Weinstein's attorney, speaks to reporters following his client's arraignment in criminal court in lower Manhattan on Friday morning, May 25, 2018. (New York Times News Service)

As a defense attorney on the Scott Peterson case, I learned firsthand about the special set of challenges that come with defending a high-profile client who is widely despised. Similarly, the attorneys for Harvey Weinstein will face challenges of great magnitude -- so great, it remains to be seen whether a man like Weinstein can get a fair trial at all.

On his path to becoming the catalyst for what may very well be the defining movement of our era, Weinstein also became one of the ...

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