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...market value (if any) of Simpson's name and image by celebrity marketer Mark Roessler. Punitive damages generally have been limited to about $200,000 in California. Simpson?s attorneys may argue that Fujisaki allowed improper evidence and weakened their case by not letting them call former detective Mark Fuhrman, who played a crucial role in the criminal case and may have raised doubts in the jury?s mind about the reliability of the evidence. Former Simpson counsel Alan Dershowitz charges that the whole trial was tainted by the presence of the juror who was dismissed Friday after news came...
...defense; his attorneys in the wrongful-death suit brought by the victims' families will recall him to the stand to answer friendlier questions when they present their case. But as in the criminal trial, it may be hard to recognize a defining moment when it actually occurs. Detective Mark Fuhrman's testimony that he had not used the word nigger in the past 10 years at first fell with an anticlimactic thud; it was only later, when he was revealed as a liar, that the case shattered open. Simpson may find himself caught in a similar trap...
...cast in an entirely new light. Rulings by Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki--who has been nicknamed the anti-Ito for his decisive, suffer-no-fools demeanor--have also caused significant shifts in strategy. Last week, for example, Fujisaki ruled that videotapes of former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman's testimony could not be shown to jurors, while earlier rulings have made it difficult for the defense to offer alternate scenarios of a police conspiracy or murderous drug lords without any hard evidence. Even without the testimony of Simpson, the plaintiffs may be able to reach the necessary "preponderance...
...course, from the moment he laid eyes on the crime scene, Mark Fuhrman understood how it would play. "Look, it was dark, 3 a.m.," the former L.A.P.D. detective recalled at his internal-affairs hearing. "I was surrounded by 16 other cops who I knew would cover for me. It was the perfect opportunity to frame one of the most beloved public figures in America for murder. What would you have done...
...Fuhrman, as always, remains unrepentant. "Framing someone is pretty complicated," he told a prison visitor recently. "I've framed people in the past, and believe me, it can backfire. But I had something special going for me. I had the cover of 20 other police officers who would lie for me in a heartbeat. These people were the best...