Alan Dershowitz: Comparing Talmudic And U.S. Law in Capital Cases

Published February 2, 2021

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February 2, 2021

Studying the law of capital cases in the Talmud and American jurisprudence with trial attorney, best-selling author and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz.

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