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...before the murders saying that her famous ex-husband was stalking and threatening her. A day later, Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki instructed the jury that they could consider the telephone call only as an indicator of Nicole's state of mind. (That testimony was excluded from the murder trial as hearsay...
yerriso: (Belize) hearsay; gossip...
Federal agents thought they had deep-sixed the friendly fire story when it first emerged in September. "It's based on third- and fourth-hand gossip and hearsay," says James Kallstrom, the FBI's investigator. The Navy says its nearest vessel was 180 miles away, far out of missile range. The FBI says it has independently verified the Navy's account and that the plane wreckage recovered so far shows no signs of a missile blast. Salinger has also made much of a photograph, published in France by the magazine Paris Match, which was taken on the outdoor deck...
...unjust treatment of Richard Jewell at the FBI's doorstep. They characterized the media's pursuit of Jewell and the stakeout of his home "regrettable," but peripheral. Ultimately, the editors said, the FBI was at fault for conducting an investigation based entirely on circumstantial evidence, rumor and hearsay. The FBI does shoulder considerable blame for leaking Jewell's identity to the press. Eager to close the case, they counted their chickens before they hatched and presumed guilty a man who turned out to be innocent. Detectives tried to abuse Richard Jewell's Miranda rights and for that they deserve criticism...
...handling of the courtroom scenes and legal intricacies remains several cuts above the popular competition, including the creator of Perry Mason. Trial buffs, their numbers swollen by O.J. and Court TV, will find plenty to chew over here, such as Sonny's private ruminations on the bench about hearsay testimony: "The reporters and onlookers seem baffled by the arcana of the rule which allows a witness to testify about what someone said she would be doing in the future but not what she said she'd just done in the past...