NAMES IN THE NEWS : Court Assigns Killer’s Profits
Profits from “Stranger in Two Worlds,” the autobiography of convicted killer Jean Harris, must be turned over to the State Crime Victims Board, an appeals court ruled.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Manhattan ruled Wednesday that Harris may not assign $90,000 in profits to a charity benefiting children of inmates at the prison where she is serving a 15-year-to-life sentence.
Under state law, profits criminals make from recounting their crimes must go to their victims or victims’ families.
Harris was convicted in 1980 of killing her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, author of “The Scarsdale Diet.” She is serving her term at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
Harris said she would appeal, the Daily News reported today.
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