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...Whether these tales are based in reality or in their own money-hungry delusion is another issue. Jurors, if selected, could refuse to support a majority verdict to later attract a book contract. At this rate, unemployment should plummet and people might have enough money to buy a second Bronco...
...from Mars. Every room with a television, newspaper or radio in it seems like a Circus Maximus, in true American style. The story of the Simpson snowball goes something like the following. The story breaks in mid-June, and North America is treated to a four-hour Ford commercial. Bronco sales must have skyrocketed: "What a stunningly handsome car! I'll take one with the O.J. option package please--with revolver...
...supplies last. A new line of trading cards comes out, three dollars each, or two for five dollars, emblazoned with a stylish "Murder I" logo in blood red and flattering photos of, among other things: O.J.'s knife, O.J.'s lawyer, O.J.'s friend, O.J. and O.J.'s white Bronco, (Ford must be opening a new plant soon...
...realizes what Frank Rich writes, that "As long as the judge is on television...he has the ability to make and break stars, upstage the election campaign and destroy the productivity of the American workforce [barring the productivity, of course, of Ford Bronco plants]." Would Lance Ito ever consider losing this power and this audience by banning media coverage? The fact that he capitalizes on his center stage situation tells us a bit about the cost of our circus, and what we've become in supporting it. The judge-turned-jester now runs the court...
...MUCH CAN IT TAKE? O.J. Simpson's reeling defense suffered another one-two punch: Judge Lance Ito today rejected its motion to throw out evidence taken from Simpson's Ford Bronco during police searches. The Bronco is a virtual treasure trove for the prosecution: Police found bloodstains on its door and interior, an order slip for two knives, a shovel that investigators believe may have been used to bury evidence, and golf shoes they want to compare with shoe prints at the murder scene...