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...starters, the defense is saying it may not be ready to rest this week. The defense at first thought it had won a key round when Judge Lance Ito decided to instruct the jurors that they could take into account ex-detective Mark Fuhrman's "unavailability" to testify a second time. Even without telling the jurors that Fuhrman had invoked the Fifth Amendment, calling attention to his absence could further raise their suspicion of him. Prosecutor Marcia Clark appealed the ruling and, in a surprise decision, the Second District Court of Appeals ordered Ito to abandon his proposed instructions...
...chain reaction set off by Fuhrman's taped conversations with Laura Hart McKinny created unusually tense and tendentious proceedings last week, both in and out of court. Last Wednesday, for the first time, the L.A. County courthouse was picketed in O.J. Simpson's defense. During a noontime rally by the N.A.A.C.P., demonstrators chanted, "No justice, no peace," waving placards that attacked the prosecution's evidence, the L.A.P.D.'s tactics and Ito's ruling on the tapes. "We are not deaf, dumb, stupid, blind or living in denial," declared protester Morris Griffin. "We have seen this case. We have seen contamination...
...unidentified, last-minute witness they claim can offer "startling" information. James Willwerth reports from the trial that rumors are that the information concerns the credibility of the prosecution: "It allegedly concerns a claim that a member of the prosecution team lied to the judge in chambers about what Mark Fuhrman said during a prosecution rehearsal of his testimony." If the witness were to testify that a prosecutor had lied to the judge, the impact on the Simpson case could be critical. Today, glove expert Richard Rubin testified that the gloves worn by O.J. Simpson in videotapes of football games...
...wide cross-section of Los Angeles citizens--black and white, community leaders as well as cops and city officials--expressed disgust with Fuhrman's remarks; many feared racial tensions in the already riven city would increase. Police Chief Willie Williams vowed the department would no longer be accused of making racism "business as usual" and said he had initiated an investigation into Fuhrman's claims...
Frustrated in their attempts to wind up the Simpson defense with Mark Fuhrman on the stand, and uncertain as to whether Judge Ito will allow the introduction of a new mystery witness, O.J. Simpson's attorneys have now turned to an appeals court in a last-ditch effort to conclude their case with a bang. The defense claims that the new, last-minute witness -- whose identity the prosecution does not know -- can offer "startling" information. James Willwerth reports from the trial that rumors have been circulating that the witness would undermine the credibility of the prosecution team. "It allegedly concerns...