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...women who can be impartial despite having heard plenty about the 1995 attack that killed 168 people. However, the lagging process has also offered a glimpse into how the trial could shape up, and what testimony Judge Richard Matsch, known for his no-nonsense style in the courtroom, may allow. As TIME's Patrick Cole reports, the judge has given the lawyers time for meticulous questioning of the potential jurors on everything from their religious and moral beliefs to details of traumatic events in their lives, which is almost unheard of in federal courts. "Because of their thorough grilling...
Standing behind the bench in the Ames Courtroom at Harvard Law School, Lee raised questions about the future of the rule of law in Hong Kong once Britain relinquishes control over the territory on July...
Christopher Darden has given up practicing law, but he's still chasing after the bad guys--at least on paper. The former prosecutor who turned anguishing courtroom defeat into cozy bestsellerdom has just signed on at Warner Books to co-author with Dick Lochte two mystery novels about a female African-American assistant district attorney. The first is tentatively titled Right of Conscience...
...strategy, Simpson was distracted. During most of the civil trial, he had another trial on his hands. Fighting to gain custody of his children, Simpson, his bodyguard Tom Gleeson and his brother-in-law Benny Baker spent most days in September attending the Orange County proceeding. In a small courtroom closed to the press and the public, tensions ran high. Juditha Brown, Nicole's mother, and Denise Brown, Nicole's sister, also attended every day, and the proximity of the families led to a few near blowups. At one point Simpson's sister Shirley Baker began playing...
...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...