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More than one commentator has compared has compared the potential import of these cases to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, and the presence of many courtroom observers reflected that prominence. Congressmen, political scientists, legal experts, and advocacy representatives packed the room. In the midst of all these dignitaries sat six of us and our professor, Federal Judge Emeritus A. Leon Higginbotham...
...Simpson prosecution was taken by surprise while questioning Criminalist Collin Yamauchi when he blurted out on the witness stand that heinitially believed that O.J. Simpson had "an airtight alibi."In the ensuing commotion, the jury was hustled out of the courtroom while prosecutors frantically attempted damage control. WhenSimpson attorney Johnnie Cochran, addressing Judge Ito, called Prosecutor Marcia Clark "hysterical,"Clark shot back that his "sexist" remark was unacceptable. Simpson chuckled, watching this exchange. Clark insisted that Yamauchi's comment was not based on any knowledge of O.J.'s initial statement to the police, and should be disregarded...
Najarian's trial, scheduled to begin later this year, is already shaping up to be a compelling courtroom drama. Prosecutors will seek evidence of duplicity from uni-versity administrators and government officials, while the defense is expected to summon an army of patients to portray a man motivated by nothing but the Hippocratic oath. "I'd go to the ends of the earth for him,'' says Charles Fiske of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, whose 11-month-old daughter Jamie in 1982 became the world's youngest recipient of a successful liver transplant performed by Najarian. Scott Jameson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who recently...
...What courtroom observers have seen, however, is a group of very fragile people. Juror No. 453, the flight attendant, has been staring dejectedly down at her monitor for weeks, indifferent to the proceedings. When the jurors left the courtroom on Friday after their session with Ito, which was to resume Monday morning--several seemed to have tears in their eyes. In one sense, the fact that 13 jurors (including the white woman and black man alleged to have been involved in a racial incident) joined the protest is heartening evidence that the group is bonding, as most juries...
...grievances, "to put the genie back in the bottle is much more difficult,'' says Minnesota's Penrod. "If I were in his situation, I would bring the jury in and underscore the seriousness of their undertaking and the fact that their attention really needs to be fastened on the courtroom.'' Then, perhaps, the judge could do a better job of picking up the pace and give them something to hold their attention from one grueling day to the next...