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...Alex. Trial watchers wondering what would happen if Chavis and the boys were convicted of the same crime never got to find out. The brothers were found guilty of second-degree murder and arson, and Chavis--to the amazement of the boys' jury--was acquitted. "I was so shocked," forewoman Lynne Schwarz told the Pensacola News Journal. She voted to let the boys off with second-degree murder because she was convinced Chavis did the deed. But attorneys close to the case say it was virtually impossible to convict Chavis after Judge Frank Bell ruled that there was insufficient evidence...
Wednesday, as word swept through the courthouse that a verdict had been reached, a crush of spectators pressed into the downtown courtroom. The forewoman began to read: "In the case of the State of Alabama versus Bobby Frank Cherry, we find the defendant guilty...
...whose novel made the middle-aged extramarital dalliance seem like a cosmic event having a fling of his own? According to Texas Monthly, Bridges of Madison County author Robert James Waller, 58, has split with his wife of 36 years, Georgia, for another woman, Linda Bow, 34, a ranch forewoman. The Wallers' only child, Rachael, tells the magazine, "How do you watch your hero fail...
...first feelings when I saw him, he sort of looked like a Ku Klux Klan or a skin-head with hair." Armanda Cooley, forewoman of the O.J. Simpson jury, describing how she felt upon first seeing Mark Fuhrman...
...favorable sign of the jury's mood that it took the panel only a few minutes last Friday to chose a foreman. Or forewoman--some ex-jurors say that before they left the panel, a black female juror, 50, had emerged as a leader within the group. There is no telling whether their cooperative mood will last for long. Still, the Simpson case, which has inspired so much division, has also offered some scenes of unexpected harmony. There was a remarkable one on the last day of the trial. During the 15-minute morning break, Simpson's mother Eunice...