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Under the Hammer...
...HAMMER TIME: Jury selection in the O.J. Simpson case entered its most crucial phase as 300 potentials began to be narrowed down to 12 finalists and eight alternates. Candidates were questioned both by the prosecution and the defense about how much of the case they had been exposed to. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. was especially curious about how jurors felt about the police: "Do you understand that it's possible that police can make mistakes?" he asked them. "You understand that doctors, coroners, can make mistakes?" The jury selection will continue through the week until enough candidates are weeded...
...hammer that point home, the young All-America candidate completed his hat-trick 14 with minutes left with the class goal of the bunch, the product of a delicate Job from fellow freshman Matt Hammond and a nicely chipped finish over the shaky Carlson...
Destroying a soccer field is not like making snow angels. It is like smashing a golden ring into pieces with a sledge hammer. It is like spitting on a gift and throwing it back at the giver. It is mannerless...
...doesn't even go to jail." He recalls a thug who attacked a fellow officer a few years ago, wrestled his gun away, jammed it under the officer's bulletproof vest and tried to fire. "He wanted to kill him, but the cop got his hand in between the hammer and the firing pin," Janes says. "I took this guy to jail, and he was joking that he'd do it again if he got the chance. Anyway, 18 months later, I was involved in a car chase. I finally stopped the car, and there he was. He didn...