Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MONICA: After just 16 hours of deliberations over the three days, the jury of six men and six women found O.J. Simpson liable for the wrongful death of Ronald Goldman and the battering of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. The unanimous decision, which ends a string of stunning courtroom victories for the ex-football great, was topped off by a jury order that Simpson pay $8.5 million to compensate the Goldmans for the death of their son. As the verdict was read, Simpson remained stoic, staring straight ahead. Across the courtroom, a whoop of joy was heard from relatives...
...wrongful-death civil trial of O.J. Simpson sputtered toward conclusion last week in Santa Monica, California, a key issue that hung over the courtroom was money. With Simpson's camp openly proclaiming he is out of cash, many observers were left wondering what the plaintiffs stood to gain...
...Simpson defenders conceded was the most masterly in either the criminal or civil trial. Petrocelli again cataloged the physical evidence: the blood in the Bronco, the hair fibers, the newly discovered photographs of Simpson wearing the Bruno Magli shoes that he denied owning. "There's a killer in this courtroom," Petrocelli declared, pointing at Simpson. Quoting a 16th century French poet, Petrocelli concluded, "'My lovely living boy, my hope, my happiness, my love, my life, my joy.' Fred Goldman's lovely living boy is no more...
...many in the courtroom wiped tears from their eyes, it was left to Simpson lead attorney Robert Baker to persuade them to focus on questions of police corruption and contamination of evidence. Baker offered his own interpretation of the lawsuit brought by Ron Goldman's parents and the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson. Said Baker: "This isn't a fight for justice. It's a fight for money...
...separation of powers" cases, where one of the three branches of government is being subjected to the dictates of another. If Jones won, the President would in theory have to answer to any of the 586 of U.S. District Court judges who might choose to haul him into their courtroom if cases are filed against him. And opening a President up to litigation like Jones' would inevitably diminish the stature of the office. "Much of what Presidents rely on is their power of persuasion," notes presidential historian Michael Beschloss. "It is very hard for them to be persuasive if what...