- Bruce Cutler
Bruce Cutler, (born
April 29 1948 ), is an Americancriminal defense lawyer .Cutler gained notoriety in the 1980s when he won three acquittals for
mobster John Gotti . However, at least one of the jurors, George Pape, accepted a bribe in return for finding Gotti not guilty.cite book |author=Blum, Howard |title=Gangland: How the FBI Broke the Mob |publisher=Pocket |location=New York |year= |pages= |isbn=0-671-90015-3 |oclc= |doi=]When Gotti, a deceased
crime boss , was indicted in 1990 for the 1985 murder ofPaul Castellano , the court disqualified Cutler from representing Gotti, based on the prosecution's allegations that Cutler was "in-house counsel " to theGambino crime family . [ [http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/trends/columns/cityside/2945/ The Goodfather] ] [ [http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/gotti/arrest_22.html Last Arrest] ]Cutler graduated from
Hamilton College where he was captain of the football andlacrosse teams, and graduated cum laude fromBrooklyn Law School . He worked as an AssistantDistrict Attorney in Kings County, and became its tophomicide prosecutor.Cutler appeared in the
Robert De Niro andEd Burns film, "15 Minutes ", playing a defense attorney named Bruce Cutler. He also has his own TV show, "Jury Duty" on the CW network (www.juryduty.tv) and also had his own show onCourt TV , "Cutler and Hayes" in which he and attorneyEd Hayes discussed criminal cases and current events. Cutler's autobiography was published in 2003. His show on the CW, Jury Duty, is one of the most controversial shows in the court-tv market.Cutler had served as the lead defense attorney for
Phil Spector [ [http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/12013/index3.html Lawyers Bruce Cutler and Ed Hayes Star in Mafia Cops - The Biggest Mob Trial in Years] ] until August 27, 2007, when he announced that he was leaving Spector's defense due to "a difference of opinion between Mr. Spector and me on strategy."Cutler's brother, Rich Cutler, was a federal prosecutor in San Jose,
California before joining the law firm Dechert in 2007. Their father, Murray Cutler, was a formerNew York City Detective who later became a criminal defense attorney. Both Cutler kids grew up in Brooklyn and were good athletes. They spent many summers atCamp Ma-Ho-Ge inBethel, New York .External links
* [http://www.mickeyz.net/news/mickeyz/fullarticle/doing_squats_with_bruce_cutler/ Doing Squats with Bruce Cutler]
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