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#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil
Lex Fridman Podcast
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Ronald Sullivan is a professor at Harvard Law School. He was on the head legal defense team for Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez in his double murder case. In 2019, Ronald joined the legal defense team of Harvey Weinstein, a film producer facing multiple charges of rape and other sexual assault. This decision met with criticism from Harvard University students,. An online petition by students seeking his removal as faculty dean of Winthrop House. A letter supporting him signed by 52 Harvard Law School professors appeared in the Boston Globe on March 8th, 2019. Following this, the Harvard administration succumbed to the pressure of a fewHarvard students and announced that they will not be renewing Ronald Sullivan's dean position.
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