Word: fuhrmans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...TIME F. LEE BAILEY'S AVIDLY anticipated showdown with Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman was over last Friday, the lawyer was in a chatty mood--and fairly pleased with his own performance. "Johnnie Cochran and O.J. Simpson understand that jury the way no white lawyer will. Days 2 and 3 of Fuhrman's cross, we got very good vibes," he explained to Time. "I'm not Perry Mason; nobody is. Other lawyers whom I respect told me that given what I had to work with, it was good. Norman Mailer called me and said it was flawless...
...defining face-off of the trial was not exactly what most observers expected. Bailey's lengthy questioning of Fuhrman produced no fireworks; the high drama occurred instead in Bailey's rancorous clashes with Marcia Clark over new evidence. The 61-year-old Bailey, once America's most famous trial lawyer, was, by turns, sputtering, enraged and embarrassed. Instead of regaining his former glory after nearly two decades out of the limelight, he may in the end have scarred his reputation...
Bailey was thrown off- balance when Fuhrman steadfastly withstood a grueling interrogation. Even when Bailey rumbled into the "nigger" line of questioning, Fuhrman calmly responded that he had not used the epithet in the past 10 years. Nor did Bailey come up with a plausible explanation of how Fuhrman might actually have planted the bloody glove. "Bailey created such expectations, and he did not deliver," says Laurie Levenson, a professor of criminal law at Los Angeles' Loyola Law School. "Maybe he didn't have the right ammunition...
...Simpson trial moved into what could prove to be its most explosive phase: the testimony of Detective Mark Fuhrman, the key investigator who defense attorneys have suggested is a racist and who, they say, may have planted evidence to frame Simpson. Taking the stand, Fuhrman denied engaging in a conversation about hating "niggers," as was recollected by a woman in a fax to the defense. Under questioning, Fuhrman then began a methodical account of his movements during the initial investigation-an account designed to show that he couldn't have monkeyed with evidence...
...Simpson attorney F. Lee Bailey cracked the steely demeanor of Detective Mark Fuhrman today, under repeated questioning about Fuhrman's alleged use of racial epithets and suggestions that Furhrman planted a bloody glove in Simpson's backyard to frame him. The LAPD detective continued to insist that he had not framed O.J., nor had he ever used word "nigger" in a conversation with anyone. But when Bailey asked, "Didn't it seem strange to you that after seven and a half hours that glove still showed moist, sticky blood, Detective Fuhrman?" Fuhrman hesitated and appeared at a loss for words...