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Steinberg was specifically accused of hitting Lisa on the head and then not seeking medical attention for the child, supposedly because he was under the influence of cocaine.
She died at St. Vincent Hospital after being removed from life support on November 4, 1987 three days later after being transported from the apartment in New York's Greenwich Village that Steinberg shared with Lisa, Mitchell (a younger child also adopted by Steinberg , 18 months old at the time of Lisa's death), and Steinberg's partner Hedda Nussbaum.
In exchange for her testimony against Steinberg, Nussbaum was not prosecuted for events related to Lisa's death exchange for her testimony against Steinberg, Nussbaum was not prosecuted for events related to Lisa's death
She died at St. Vincent Hospital after being removed from life support on November 4, 1987 three days later after being transported from the apartment in New York's Greenwich Village that Steinberg shared with Lisa, Mitchell (a younger child also adopted by Steinberg , 18 months old at the time of Lisa's death), and Steinberg's partner Hedda Nussbaum.
In exchange for her testimony against Steinberg, Nussbaum was not prosecuted for events related to Lisa's death exchange for her testimony against Steinberg, Nussbaum was not prosecuted for events related to Lisa's death
In New York State at that time, first degree murder applied only to those who killed police officers or had committed murder while already serving a sentence for a previous murder. The jury was unable to convict Steinberg on the more serious charge of second-degree murder, but it did convict him of the lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter. Judge Harold Rothwax then sentenced him to the maximum penalty then available for that charge — 81⁄3 to 25 years in state prison.
Lawsuit
On January 16, 2007, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (New York's intermediate appellate court) upheld a $15 million dollar award against Steinberg to Michele Launders, Lisa's birth mother.
In its opinion,[2] the court rejected the position that Steinberg,
acting as his own attorney
On January 16, 2007, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (New York's intermediate appellate court) upheld a $15 million dollar award against Steinberg to Michele Launders, Lisa's birth mother.
In its opinion,[2] the court rejected the position that Steinberg,
acting as his own attorney