Word: criminalists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cochran complained that one juror wasn't paying attention (Ito agreed, although he took no action), while defense attorney Peter Neufeld complained that prosecutor Marcia Clark was giggling during testimony. Clark denied it, saying "this did not happen. ...Mr. Neufeld is on some other planet." Neufeld today apologized to criminalist Andrea Mazzola for mispronouncing her name, then resumed his cross-examination, trying to show that Mazzola was part of a police conspiracy to frame Simpson for the murders.O.J. Central
...cross-examination of criminalist Andrea Mazzola continued today with Judge Lance Ito once again asking the trial be speeded up, but asking that defense attorney Peter Neufeld slow down so that court reporters would have an easier time understanding his Brooklyn accent.Ito continued to pick up the pace, refusing to confer with lawyers at sidebar and giving attorneys a 15 minute time limit to argue legal points. Neufeld continued his examination of Mazzola, once again asserting that Mazzola improperly collected blood evidence, while Mazzola confidently maintained that she had done everything according to how she was taught. Mazzola admitted...
...talking. Ito also announced that the lunch break would be reduced from 90 to 60 minutes. The renewed vigor followed atwo-day break during which Ito interviewed unhappy jurors. The Associated Press reports that no jurors will be dismissed at this time. The jury today heard the testimony of criminalist Andrea Mazzola.O.J. Central
...high drama that has overtaken the O.J. Simpson murder trial played itself out on two stages, both dangerous to the prosecution. Pugilistic defense attorney Barry Scheck forced Los Angeles criminalist Dennis Fung to admit to a series of apparent oversights, slips and errors made in gathering and preserving physical evidence. Meanwhile, Judge Lance Ito summoned ousted juror Jeanette Harris to a special hearing in order to quiz her about her allegations of racial tensions on the jury. Among her complaints: a system of segregated gyms and video-viewing rooms was set up because of disagreements between white and black jurors...
...Simpson case resumed after a day's hiatus during which Judge Lance Ito interviewedjurorsabout allegations of racial tension on the jury. The results of the interviews were not released. First on the stand for the prosecution today was evidence technician Andrea Mazzola, the assistant to criminalist Dennis Fung. Mazzolacollected most of the blood evidencein the Simpson case, and the defense is expected to question her lack of experience. In her testimony Mazzola denied a defense allegation that she contaminated blood samples by handling them without gloves, saying that criminalists always wear gloves for fear of AIDS and other diseases...