by hmm » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:57 am
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/356538p-303897c.html">www.nydailynews.com/front...3897c.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"Death at trial & at home<br><br>Horowitz, defending killer, finds own wife slain in Calif.<br><br>By BILL HUTCHINSON<br>DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER<br>A famed criminal lawyer, currently defending a woman who brutally stabbed her wealthy psychologist husband to death, found his wife slain this weekend in their sprawling California home, police said yesterday.<br>~snip~<br>No suspects were in custody last night, but detectives were exploring all angles, including whether the death of Horowitz's wife, Pamela Vitale, 52, was connected to the lawyer's current case - the defense of Susan Polk.<br>~snip~<br>Cops also are delving into Horowitz's other high-profile cases, including his defense of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko in a multicount money-laundering and fraud trial.<br>~snip~<br>Even before the wife of Susan Polk's lawyer turned up dead, her murder case had all the makings of a Hollywood drama, complete with sex, drugs and physical abuse against the backdrop of one of the wealthiest communities in the nation.<br>~snip~<br>Horowitz vowed to prove to the jury that Felix Polk was a cocaine-using "monster" who routinely hypnotized his wife and children to get them to obey his sinister orders.<br>~snip~<br>Polk claims her husband brainwashed his family into believing one of their sons was molested as a baby by a satanic group."<br><br>some background on former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4568507.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4568507.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"A US judge has overturned half of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko's convictions for money laundering and extortion.<br><br>However, he rejected requests by Lazarenko's lawyers for a new trial.<br><br>Lazarenko, who was convicted last June, claims the deals that allowed him to become a multimillionaire while in power in the Ukraine were legitimate. "<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/775386.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/775386.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko has been charged with arranging at least three contract killings.<br><br>The indictments are the latest in an avalanche of criminal accusations against Mr Lazarenko, who fled to the United States following investigations at home. "<br><br> <p></p><i></i>
