Word: alibis
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Macias, a laborer for a spice company, was represented by court-appointed lawyers who were paid little to work on his case and allotted just $500 for investigators and expert witnesses. The trial was riddled with attorney errors. For one, his lawyer failed to call an alibi witness who would have placed Macias miles away from the crime scene. One court that reviewed the trial transcript commented that this oversight alone could have meant the difference between conviction and acquittal. Macias' trial lawyer contends that the lack of money was not a factor, noting he devoted eight months...
...case the way they would that of a private client. They spent money ($11,599 just for expert psychological testimony); they ran down leads (a partial eyewitness was located who said Macias was not either of the two men she saw near the victims' house); they brought the uncalled alibi witness's testimony to the attention of the court. In all, the Skadden team invested about a million dollars of billable hours and resources, producing a 173-page petition that convinced two federal courts Macias had been wrongly convicted. When prosecutors presented his case to a new grand jury...
...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...