Linda Fairstein (born May 5, 1947, Mt. Vernon, New York) is an American author and former prosecutor focusing on crimes of violence against women and children. She served as head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's office from 1976 until 2002 and is the author of a series of novels featuring Manhattan prosecutor Alexandra Cooper.
The latest arrest of Robert Chambers doesn't surprise me. I always believed his problem with drugs and alcohol would get him in trouble again. He's had the opportunity in prison to detox and take college courses, to straighten out his life, but that clearly is of no interest to him. He's learned nothing in the last 20 years. [Interview with The New York Daily News, October 2007]
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Lead prosecutor in the so-called Preppy Murder trial of Robert Chambers.
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