Haiman Long Clein, center, was obsessed with Beth Ann Carpenter, to whom he wrote love letters so scorching and offensive that were read silently by the jurors, rather than aloud in open court.

The letter said “burn this.” – Haiman Long Clein was so dementedly obsessed with his young legal associate Beth Ann Carpenter that he would do anything to keep her linked to him, contended defense lawyer Hugh F. Keefe, forcing Clein to read from a scorching Jan. 24, 1994, love letter.

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