The Steven Steinberg Case and the Lawyer Who Rewrote Reality.  In 1982, Arizona pulled off a legal magic trick that would be funny if it were not so grotesque. Steven Steinberg stabbed his wife, Elana Steinberg, twenty six times. Not once. Not twice. Twenty six. He admitted it. And then he walked. No plea bargain. No prison. No hospital commitment. Just a courtroom exit and a lesson in how far a jury can be pushed if the story is slick enough. Welcome to State v. Steven Steinberg, the case that forced Arizona lawmakers to admit they had created a monster. THE FACTS THAT NEVER CHANGED On January 15, 1981, inside a Scottsdale home, Steven Steinberg killed his wife with a kitchen knife. Police found no intruder. No defensive wounds suggesting mutual combat. No evidence pointing anywhere else. Steinberg did not deny the killing. He claimed he could not remember it. This was never about who did it. It was about how badly the defense could blur responsibility. ENTER THE LAWYER The archit...