Old habits die hard. After 26 months in prison, Jean Harris, convicted in 1981 of murdering Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower, still dresses up for visitors in a white blouse and a single strand of pearls. "I stick out like a sore thumb," says Harris, whose lawyer last week filed a motion for a new trial. She hopes to prove that she was mentally incompetent during some of the proceedings. "I did not murder Hy [Tarnower]," insists Harris. "There is a difference between murdering and killing. It was a tragic accident." It will...
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