Word: courtroom
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...again as 15 alternates are chosen. In a case where jurors may be sequestered -- and exhausted -- for as long as six months, alternates cannot be an afterthought. As last week's jury selection drew to a close, a tired Clark remarked that everyone had earned their pay. Leaving the courtroom, she bid adieu to Dimitrius, perhaps thinking the defense consultant's job was completed. Dimitrius smiled and said "Not so soon. I'll be back." Dimitrius has been hired for the duration of the trial...
...been critical enough of the media coverage of the O.J. Simpson case to threaten to pull cameras from his courtroom, is appearing as himself in a five-part interview series on Los Angeles station KCBS-TV. Ito is not discussing the Simpson case, but instead focusing on his life history and views on the judicial system. Today, prospective alternate jurors, asked about pre-trial publicity, commented on a promo for the Ito package. ?Well, it?s sweeps week,? Ito said. Some legal analysts were critical of Ito?s participation, suggesting that he might consider adhering to his own admonitions about press...
...media in the courtroom: "In general, I favor the media in the courtroom. But trials should be covered in an objective way, like a C-Span for courts (C-Law maybe), not by commercial television...
...once that line of juror questioning is over. Transcripts of the "closed" sessions will be released when a jury is impaneled. Attorneys for media organizations are studying the ruling before deciding whether to file an appeal, but a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union immediately called Ito's courtroom a "star chamber...
Judge Lance Ito, who is presiding in the California court case, has requested memos from the members of the required "Introduction to Lawyering" on the question of allowing cameras in the courtroom...