Word: courtroom
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...Daniel Petrocelli asked Fujisaki to sequester the jury for the remainder of their deliberations, citing the likelihood of further interference from aggressive tabloid reporters and book agents, several of whom quickly offered five-figure sums to the dismissed juror for an interview. Fujisaki declined, although he did revoke the courtroom pass of a Los Angeles TV station whose camera crew attempted to follow the jurors' van from the courthouse. He ordered the jurors to avoid all radio, television and newspapers until they reached a verdict...
...bear on a chain and beats the animal daily with a fence post. One day the bear breaks the chain, pulls off White Sut's head, and leaves it in the middle of the main road. This is widely regarded as a good joke. So is a courtroom altercation (12 dead, including the judge) in which Zeke tries earnestly to kill another lowbrow Beck. "Why dammit, I thought I had Davie choked all the way dead," he says, amazed to see a man he had just spent 10 minutes strangling rise up and wander down the street. "Usually when...
...more to report at the end of a day's testimony in the world's most boring soap opera than "a police detective testified about police detective work," America was sold on the story. All of a sudden this caricature of a murderer with his full repertoire of cheesy courtroom faces had become some kind of martyr to the virulent bigotry of American justice. Was there really no one else around who could fit that bill...
...With cameras in the courtroom, the proceeding would have had a far greater chance of persuading those who will continue to disagree with this verdict," he said...
SANTA MONICA: Now that the Simpson jury has delivered its verdict, the endless courtroom miniseries moves to appeals of both the civil case and his child-custody decision. Up next: How much should he pay? Jurors will reconvene on Thursday for a punitive damages hearing where plaintiff witnesses will testify how much Simpson is worth and, subject to the judge's approval, how much he could be worth in the future. Trying to keep earning potential out of the equation, Simpson lawyers Wednesday fought to prevent testimony estimating the long-term market value (if any) of Simpson's name...