Alan Dershowitz Breaks Down What Punishments Could Await From Students’ Pork Prank

Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz appeared on Newsmax Thursday to weigh in on what punishments could follow as two Syracuse University freshmen face hate crime charges after police said they hurled pork into a Jewish fraternity house during Rosh Hashanah.

Police charged two 18-year-old Syracuse University students with burglary as a hate crime and criminal nuisance after one allegedly threw a bag of pork into a Jewish fraternity house during Rosh Hashanah. In an appearance on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Dershowitz said the students’ actions crossed university standards of decency more than criminal law, predicting they could face expulsion on campus.

“It seems to me that this is much more an expellable offense by the university because it violates all the standards of decency than it is a serious crime. But it is a crime and probably they’ll get a suspended sentence or a few weeks in jail just to demonstrate that people take this kind of thing seriously,” Dershowitz said.

Dershowitz said the case hinges on whether the prank rose to the level of criminal intent or remained an offensive act of expression.

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