Word: alibis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Simpson jury heard testimony about yet another set of DNA tests implicating the football hero in the murders. But testimony was overshadowed by other issues: first, a noisy dispute between the prosecution and defense over whether Simpson's lawyers could introduce an alibi statement Simpson gave to police (Judge Ito ruled they could not); and second, the dismissal of another juror, the eighth one (leaving only four alternates...
...Simpson prosecution was taken by surprise while questioning Criminalist Collin Yamauchi when he blurted out on the witness stand that heinitially believed that O.J. Simpson had "an airtight alibi."In the ensuing commotion, the jury was hustled out of the courtroom while prosecutors frantically attempted damage control. WhenSimpson attorney Johnnie Cochran, addressing Judge Ito, called Prosecutor Marcia Clark "hysterical,"Clark shot back that his "sexist" remark was unacceptable. Simpson chuckled, watching this exchange. Clark insisted that Yamauchi's comment was not based on any knowledge of O.J.'s initial statement to the police, and should be disregarded...
Rosa Lopez, the witness who may provide O.J. Simpson with an alibi, began her testimony this afternoon. Defense attorneys say the former housekeeper for a Simpson neighbor will state that she saw Simpson's Bronco parked outside his home at the time when the murders allegedly took place. Judge Lance Ito allowed her testimony to be videotaped for later viewing by the jury, which was not present in the courtroom as she answered questions today. Ito permitted this unusual arrangement so that the Lopez testimony for the defense would not interrupt the presentation of the prosecution's case...
...serious mental condition and suicidal instincts. As her children were a very piece of her own self, the ending of their lives in a certain way successfully repeats Smith's reported suicide attempts. Such an explanation does not offset the horror of her deeds, but may give a psychological alibi for monstrous and unthinkable infanticide. Her lawyers could argue that she loved her children as she loved herself...
According to Sullivan, the cause helped establish many legal precedents. It also was important to the development of "effective definitions of 'reasonable doubt,' 'alibi,' 'murder,' and 'manslaughter,'" Sullivan wrote...