Forest Hills, NY – Mom Who Had Her Dentist Husband Executed Appeals Conviction

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    Forest Hills, NY – A New York state supreme court panel is weighing whether to overturn the murder conviction of a woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her husband.

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    Harvard law professor and celebrity defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz argued the conviction of Dr. Mazoltuv Borukhova (MAZ’-uhl-tahv bor-uh-KOH’-vuh) was unfair for several reasons. Among other things, he says the judge who heard the case was more concerned with his upcoming vacation than he was about the trial.

    Borukhova is serving life in prison without parole. She was convicted of hiring her cousin to gun down orthodontist Daniel Malakov. He died in 2007 in a Queens park, in front of their 4-year-old daughter.

    Dershowitz’s clients have included Patricia Hearst, Leona Helmsley and O.J. Simpson.


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    13 years ago

    Let the conviction stand; this was a heinous crime. Dr. Borukhova deserves no mercy. If he crime took place in n a death penalty state, she would be on death row, right now. We admit certain groups of individuals to the USA, and many of them show contempt for our laws. Regarding Dershowitz, I don’t place much credence in his arguments.

    clear-thinker
    clear-thinker
    13 years ago

    I am waiting for all those who either say she is not guilty or he deserved it. This was a murder that was beyond words. Dr. Malakov did not die in a Queens park, he was killed infront of his 4 year old daughter. The final chapter of a child custody dispute. Here is a woman who does not deserve a bit of pity.

    bubii
    bubii
    13 years ago

    this dershovitz must be out of his mind i cant beleive he is saying this about the judge wow that he was more concened about his vacation this is too much to bear, this woman deserves death not life in prison or torture for the rest of her life if that means in jail let it be

    13 years ago

    Alan Dershowitz is a publicity hound, pure and simple.

    basmelech
    basmelech
    13 years ago

    Maybe she needs a life sentence in a mental institution. What kind of crazy person has her ex husband murdered and in front of their child, no less? Even if she good reason to hate him, she had no sane reason to have him killed.Now she doesn’t even have her daughter either. At least before he was killed the child had 2 parents, now she virtually has none.

    ProminantLawyer
    ProminantLawyer
    13 years ago

    patty, leona and oj…. how long was leona in the can?

    _Dave_
    _Dave_
    13 years ago

    Alan Dershowitz is a defense attorney. It is his job to say (almost) anything that he thinks will get his client off.

    Why people think that lawyers are sources for truth (as opposed to advocacy) is beyond me.

    Secular
    Secular
    13 years ago

    I worked with Dr. Burokhova in a few years ago. She seemed nice at the time quiet and hard-working, somewhat passive-aggresive but who isn’t? .

    I was shocked to learn she was involved in the murder. However it is the cousin who should suffer the death penalty, he pulled th trigger.

    buycash
    buycash
    13 years ago

    You may all be right about her being guilty but keeping her in prison is only making the child suffer even more (she is no thread to society)

    expert
    expert
    13 years ago

    To all those that call for Mazeltuv’s rotting in jail…
    She definitely did not pull the trigger, it was her cousin. The court assumed that she hired him, but is it possible that he did it on his on(Bukharian hot blood)? Even if we do assume that she hired her cousin, how do we know that she planed to shoot her ex in front of their daughter? Finally, how many cruel,sadistic murderers(who are a danger to all society-not just their ex’s) do not get anything close to life w/o a parole in NYC courts?-99.9%! Mazeltuv may or may not have committed this evil act, but she is definitely not a future danger to the society(unless somebody decides to marry/divorce her again).
    My in-law worked with Mazeltuv in the hospital – she didn’t seem to be fully shomer shabos, more like traditional Bukharian style. Then you see her in court dressed like chasidishe Williamsburg mama – big mistake. I bet, Mazeltuv would have much better chances if not for showing up in court as so obviously Jewish. Let’s not kid ourselves – goyim do hate Jews; and just because they serve on the jury or as judges, they don’t magically stop hating us.