Dr. Hurwitz Wins Appeal – Gets New Trial
Dr. Hurwitz Wins Appeal – Gets New Trial (full text) Drug War Chronicle #450; 2006-08-25. Source
Excerpt: “‘The district court effectively deprived the jury of the opportunity to consider Hurwitz’s defense.’ That was a fatal error. ‘We cannot say that no reasonable juror could have concluded that Hurwitz’s conduct fell within an objectively-defined good-faith standard,’ wrote Judge Traxler.”
See also: US v Hurwitz Appeal Decision (PDF) – Widener, Traxler, and urrie; 4th Circuit Appeals Court; 2006-08-22.
Brief of Appellant William Eliot Hurwitz (PDF) – Robbins, Russell, & Taaffe; 2005.
Billy’s Lament and The Appeal – two poems by Dr. Hurwitz; Federal Detention; 2005
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