Murder Of A Jewish American Princess

(SAG-AFTRA)
TV
Project Info
Production Status:Development
Format:Limited Series
Genre:Drama
Production Info
Current Status:Development

Description: Based on the brutal 1981 murder in Scottsdale, Arizona, of Elana Steinberg, who was labeled in the courtroom and the media as the quintessential “Jewish American Princess.” Defense lawyers used the moniker to paint a picture of a beleaguered husband, Steven Steinberg, at his wits end, with no recourse other than to murder his wife. Despite the preponderance of evidence against him, the defense worked: Steven Steinberg walked out of the courtroom a free man. Steinberg was charged with killing his wife by stabbing her 26 times. He did not deny killing her, but claimed he was sleepwalking at the time and not sane, and therefore not responsible for her death in a legal sense. Bolstered by defense testimony from psychiatrists, he was acquitted by the jury.

Keywords:

Drama
Legal
Crime
Jewish/Yiddish
1980s
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