Opinion: Ex-Prosecutor Faces Harsh Criticism After 'Central Park 5' Netflix Series

Linda Fairstein won fame prosecuting criminals and then wrote crime fiction. Did she allow her gift for fiction to guide her powers as a prosecutor?
For 25 years, Linda Fairstein led sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, which inspired Law and Order: SVU. She's written bestselling crime novels, like Blood Oath and Death Dance, about a hard-nosed, tenderhearted Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper who eats in a lot of New York's classiest Italian restaurants on a public servant's salary.
Now there's a mystery.
There are now calls to boycott Linda Fairstein's books. She has resigned from several foundation boards. And on Friday, her publisher dropped her.