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Linda Fairstein (born May 5, 1947) [1] is an American author, attorney, and former New York City prosecutor focusing on crimes of violence against women and children. She was the head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's office from 1976 until 2002.
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Jun 4, 2019 · Time is proving to not be kind to Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor who is accused of coercing a group of five teens into false confessions during one of New York City’s most infamous and controversial crimes.
Jun 5, 2024 · Linda Fairstein, a former prosecutor who was part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office when it tried the criminal case against the young men who became known as the...
Sep 25, 2023 · A federal judge has rejected a move to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by the former Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein over the way she was portrayed in a 2019 Netflix series...
Jun 4, 2024 · Former Manhattan Prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix announced Tuesday that they have reached a settlement in the defamation case she filed against the streaming platform for her portrayal in...
Jun 5, 2024 · Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix have announced they’ve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed four years ago over her portrayal in the streaming service’s miniseries about the five Black and Latino teenagers known as the now-exonerated Central Park Five.
Jun 7, 2019 · Linda Fairstein, the longtime New York City prosecutor turned prolific crime novelist, is no longer with her publisher after a firestorm of criticism erupted over her work in a...
Jun 6, 2019 · For much of her life, Linda Fairstein was widely viewed as a law enforcement hero. As one of the first leaders of the Manhattan district attorney’s sex crimes unit, later the inspiration...
Jun 27, 2019 · Near the end of the first episode of Netflix’s When They See Us — a four-episode dramatization of the 1990 Central Park jogger case and its infamous aftermath — Linda Fairstein (Felicity...