Word: garcetti
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...announcements. In raising questions about Fuhrman, the defense team unearthed a 1983 lawsuit, brought by the Los Angeles detective seeking disability benefits, in which he admitted to harboring hostile feelings about blacks and other minorities. While Fuhrman denied charges that he planted evidence, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti spent nearly two hours with black city leaders, trying to assure them that Simpson will get a fair trial. The civic leaders, in turn, urged Garcetti to integrate the all-white, all-male, eight-member panel that in coming weeks will recommend whether or not the prosecution should seek...
...Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill showdown over sexual harassment, many black women feel caught between the pressure to stand loyally by a black man perceived to be under attack by the white establishment and the need to assert their rights as women. Last week, after black male leaders urged Garcetti not to pursue the death penalty against Simpson, Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred wrote to the district attorney on behalf of the Women's Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund: "Since you have chosen to meet & publicly with a group expressing support for Mr. Simpson's rights, I respectfully request...
...those keeping score, the Simpson defense team played pretty good offense last week, while District Attorney Gil Garcetti's office seemed to be stumbling all over the field. Some of the moves by Simpson's legal team were largely theatrical: attorney Leroy Taft set up a toll-free number and a $500,000 reward for tips leading to the arrest of the "real killer." Potentially more damaging, the Los Angeles County coroner's office, pressured by media leaks, admitted that 16 pieces of evidence in the Simpson case had been mishandled. Though most of the errors were minor (a container...
...office has little time to dwell on such setbacks. It is in the midst of an intraoffice debate over whether to pursue the death penalty for Simpson. If Garcetti's office opts for death, it risks an acquittal by jurors who don't want to see Simpson executed. If it rejects a capital trial, Garcetti can expect some people to accuse him of granting Simpson preferential treatment. Though sentiment in the office is currently against seeking the death penalty, there are strong opinions on the other side. Says a deputy D.A.: "How do we justify not asking for the death...
...public sympathy -- unusual for an accused killer -- city officials and police have played to the media every step of the way. The flood of sometimes inaccurate leaks from police about bloody gloves and a ski mask was followed by a heavy round of appearances on public affairs shows by Garcetti. It's true that he objected to the decision of the Los Angeles city attorney to satisfy a media request for release of the taped call to 911 that Nicole Simpson made after an enraged O.J. broke into her house last year. Even so, Garcetti can't have been...