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...Simpson may be far more distraught than his placid -- almost bored -- expression under Court TV's headlamp shows. On Wednesday, defense attorney Johnnie Cochran asked Ito to let his client speak briefly about whether he could get a fair trial. Simpson started talking about the infamous June 17 low-speed chase on a Los Angeles freeway in which he, riding in a white Ford Bronco, was trailed by several squad cars from the Los Angeles police. Growing increasingly agitated, Simpson reportedly said: "Mrs. Clark -- Ms. Clark -- said I was trying to run . . . Everyone knows that I called my father...
...selection in the O.J. Simpson case entered its most crucial phase as 300 potentials began to be narrowed down to 12 finalists and eight alternates. Candidates were questioned both by the prosecution and the defense about how much of the case they had been exposed to. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. was especially curious about how jurors felt about the police: "Do you understand that it's possible that police can make mistakes?" he asked them. "You understand that doctors, coroners, can make mistakes?" The jury selection will continue through the week until enough candidates are weeded...
...which potential jurors will be most sympathetic to Simpson. "We are not going to base decisions on demographics," he insists. "We are much more interested in their worldviews." The defense side may not be so convinced. Some trial observers are wondering if the increased prominence last week of Johnnie Cochran, the only black member of Simpson's A-team, is a confirmation of reports that the defense hopes to appeal to the racial sympathies of black jurors. Studies show that blacks and whites are both more lenient toward defendants of their own race. African-American jurors may also be more...
...Friday Simpson's lawyers heard the verdict. In a letter to attorneys Robert Shapiro and Johnnie Cochran Jr., Assistant District Attorney Frank Sunstedt explained that after "consideration of all available aggravating and mitigating . . . evidence," the sentencing committee he chairs had opted to seek life without the possibility of parole...
...indeed Garcetti's paramount consideration. "I'm not suprised," says Wendy Alderson, a prominent Palm Springs jury consultant. "I don't think they would have found 12 people to put Simpson to death." Adds Laurie Levenson, professor of law at Loyola Marymount University: "You would have heard Johnnie Cochran up there every time saying, 'He's fighting for his life.' " Cochran's colleague Shapiro announced simply that he had not addressed the committee, since his innocent client expects to face no penalties whatsoever...