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Dershowitz visit rouses protesters

Amar: He wants to speak ‘with us,’ not ‘at us’

Contributing Reporter
Published Friday, October 12, 2007

Protesters greeted Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz LAW ’62 at the Law School on Thursday night, where he engaged a packed audience on issues ranging from torture to his humanitarian efforts.

As he walked up the steps to the Law School before the event began, Dershowitz confronted about 10 members of the Middle East Crisis Committee, whose picket signs and protest slogans accused him of endorsing torture. During his lecture, which drew a crowd that nearly filled the Levinson Auditorium to capacity, Dershowitz argued in favor of free speech and analyzed the prevalence of...

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