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    Opinion: Ex-Prosecutor Faces Harsh Criticism After 'Central Park 5' Netflix Series

    A new television series about the Central Park Five paints an unflattering portrait of Linda Fairstein and has prompted calls to boycott her books. Her publisher dropped her Friday.
    by Scott Simon Jun 08, 2019 1 minute
    Author and former prosecutor Linda Fairstein is facing backlash and calls to boycott her books after the portrayal of her in a new Netflix series about the Central Park Five.

    Linda Fairstein won fame prosecuting criminals and then wrote crime fiction. Did she allow her gift for fiction to guide her powers as a prosecutor?

    For 25 years, Linda Fairstein led sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office,. She's written bestselling crime novels, like and about a hard-nosed, tenderhearted Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper who eats in a lot of New York's classiest Italian restaurants on a public servant's salary.

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