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...Angeles courtroom floor, Rodney King re-enacted his 1991 beating at the civil trial in which he is seeking $9 million in damages. He testified that the cops who beat him taunted him with racial slurs, which he said can be heard on the famous videotape of the assault -- an assertion disputed by others...
That's a good bet. Public fascination with serial killers is at an all-time high. Spectators sat in a courtroom in Gainesville, Florida, last week to get a look at Danny Rolling, who terrorized the city with his slaying of college students 3 1/2 years ago, as jurors were deciding to recommend that he be put to death. Meanwhile, television viewers are tuning into interviews with Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee cannibal who dismembered 17 young men, and with David ("Son of Sam") Berkowitz, the lovers' lane stalker who shot and killed six men and women in New York City...
...crucial triple Axel in Lillehammer, but she managed to execute a flawless triple entendre in Oregon last week. Standing abjectly before Judge Donald Londer, Harding pleaded guilty to hindering investigators' efforts to unravel the conspiracy behind the Jan. 6 attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan. Then Harding offered the hushed courtroom a single sentence: "I'd just like to say I'm really sorry that I interfered." It was a nice bit of public contrition, but what exactly did it mean? Was Harding * sorry that that her actions had obstructed the investigation? Or was she sorry that on that...
...Tonya Harding saga finally reached an end, of a sort: in an Oregon courtroom, Harding pleaded guilty to conspiring to hinder the prosecution of the assault on Nancy Kerrigan. Harding, who denies any role in the attack itself, was sentenced to three years' probation and a $100,000 fine. As part of the plea, she will also have to resign from the U.S. Figure Skating Association, ending her amateur career...
...entire courtroom procedure sometimes takes less than an hour. Still, Walsh must stand to hear "The United States versus Walsh" every morning. In the cafeteria he winces, remembering...