Death of a Jewish American Princess by Shirley Frondrof
In 1981, Phoenix restaurateur Steven Steinberg murdered his wife, Elana, stabbing her 26 times. Then, in a strategy as blood-chilling as it was brilliant, defense attorney Robert Hirsh slaughtered the victim a second time in court - portraying Elana as the stereotypical "Jewish American Princess," a compulsive shopper and spendthrift who drover her husband to murder.
In a shocking, almost unbelievable miscarriage of justice, Steven Steinberg walked out of that Phoenix courtroom a free man, in possession of all his dead wife's assets. So effective were the defense's tactics that Steinberg was actually kissed and congratulated by members of the jury.
