The sh!t's going down.
Did not know this:
Corey was no stranger to controversy prior to the Zimmerman trial and her firing of Mr. Kruidbos.
She had already earned headlines for an odd manipulation of State retirement funds that added several hundred thousand dollars to her own retirement account (and smaller sums to the retirement accounts of several of her staff). She denies there was any wrongdoing in these matters. It was also widely reported, however, that in retaliation for the coverage of the matter by the Jacksonville Times-Union newspaper Prosecutor Corey’s office refused henceforth to communicate with the paper as they had in the past and as they continued to do so with other news outlets. This had all been widely reported before and during the Zimmerman trial.
Perhaps more well known was her interaction with famed Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. Professor Dershowitz had been extremely critical of Corey’s professional conduct in the months leading up to the Zimmerman trial. On June 5, 2012 Professor Dershowitz wrote a newspaper column in which he said that Corey, in response to his criticism had called the Dean of Harvard Law School to complain. When transferred to the Office of Communications, “she proceeded to engage in a 40-minute rant, during which she threatened to sue Harvard Law School, to try to get me disciplined by the Bar Association and to file charges against me for libel and slander.” One would expect that Corey’s intent in making such a call was to reduce any negative impact of Dershowitz’s comments–obviously, the effect was quite the opposite. Indeed, this controversy certainly gained Corey (presumably unfavorable) attention at the national level.
Even as close a follower of the Zimmerman trial as me, however, was not aware that before Corey was elected to be the top prosecutor of Metro Jacksonville she had been fired from that State Attorney’s office by her predecessor, Harry Shorstein. Shorstein explains that a law student intern working for Corey and reported to her professor, as part of a standard debriefing at the conclusion of the internship, that Corey was abusive, profane, and unprofessional. Concerned, the law school contacted Attorney Shorstein, who oversaw Corey. Shorstein reprimanded Corey. Corey, in response, called the school and told the Dean that the professor involved should be disciplined for his role in reporting her misconduct. Again the school called Shorstein and reported the matter. Shorstein ordered Corey to apologize to the Dean of the law school as well as to the professor. She failed to do so, was ordered again, again failed to apologize, and was then terminated.
Zimmerman Prosecutor Corey | Investigation | Wrongful Firing
Did not know this:
Corey was no stranger to controversy prior to the Zimmerman trial and her firing of Mr. Kruidbos.
She had already earned headlines for an odd manipulation of State retirement funds that added several hundred thousand dollars to her own retirement account (and smaller sums to the retirement accounts of several of her staff). She denies there was any wrongdoing in these matters. It was also widely reported, however, that in retaliation for the coverage of the matter by the Jacksonville Times-Union newspaper Prosecutor Corey’s office refused henceforth to communicate with the paper as they had in the past and as they continued to do so with other news outlets. This had all been widely reported before and during the Zimmerman trial.
Perhaps more well known was her interaction with famed Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. Professor Dershowitz had been extremely critical of Corey’s professional conduct in the months leading up to the Zimmerman trial. On June 5, 2012 Professor Dershowitz wrote a newspaper column in which he said that Corey, in response to his criticism had called the Dean of Harvard Law School to complain. When transferred to the Office of Communications, “she proceeded to engage in a 40-minute rant, during which she threatened to sue Harvard Law School, to try to get me disciplined by the Bar Association and to file charges against me for libel and slander.” One would expect that Corey’s intent in making such a call was to reduce any negative impact of Dershowitz’s comments–obviously, the effect was quite the opposite. Indeed, this controversy certainly gained Corey (presumably unfavorable) attention at the national level.
Even as close a follower of the Zimmerman trial as me, however, was not aware that before Corey was elected to be the top prosecutor of Metro Jacksonville she had been fired from that State Attorney’s office by her predecessor, Harry Shorstein. Shorstein explains that a law student intern working for Corey and reported to her professor, as part of a standard debriefing at the conclusion of the internship, that Corey was abusive, profane, and unprofessional. Concerned, the law school contacted Attorney Shorstein, who oversaw Corey. Shorstein reprimanded Corey. Corey, in response, called the school and told the Dean that the professor involved should be disciplined for his role in reporting her misconduct. Again the school called Shorstein and reported the matter. Shorstein ordered Corey to apologize to the Dean of the law school as well as to the professor. She failed to do so, was ordered again, again failed to apologize, and was then terminated.
Zimmerman Prosecutor Corey | Investigation | Wrongful Firing
