Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz recently claimed that Special Prosecutor Angela Corey, who charged George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, threatened to sue Dershowitz for libel and slander and to have him disbarred. According to Dershowitz, Corey went into a tirade against him after he strongly criticized her. He said Corey was being unethical for not disclosing material facts to the court in the probable cause affidavit she had filed against Zimmerman and had erred by bringing a second-degree murder charge against him, when the evidence didn't support such a charge. In an article, Dershowitz maintained that Corey called Harvard's law school dean and was transferred to a communications office staff member.
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Alan Dershowitz said special prosecutor threatened him with a lawsuit
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Mark NeJame: Angela Corey's handling of Martin case should be open to scrutiny
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He says outside critics are right to examine whether politics played a role
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NeJame: Why wasn't the case handled in normal fashion by a prosecutor and grand jury?
Corey, Dershowitz and I all might have varying interpretations of the law, but because Corey disagrees with @placeholder, it surely doesn't subject him to being sued by her.