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...Appeals ordered Ito to abandon his proposed instructions. Now it is unclear whether the defense will continue fighting to have Ito make some reference to Fuhrman. Still, the prosecution is scrambling. "The prosecution's case has been reduced to a pile of rubble," says former L.A. district attorney Ira Reiner. "They have nothing less to do than rebuild their entire case. If they don't, they can kiss away any chance of a hung jury-forget a conviction...
...past 10 years. And at worst, depending on what portions of the tapes, if any, Ito permits the jury to hear, Fuhrman has breathed life into the defense's pet theory: that Simpson is an innocent victim of a racist police conspiracy. Former Los Angeles district attorney Ira Reiner explains: "It is not that the tapes should influence the case by any objective standard. The issue is subjective importance. They will overwhelm the jury. If those tapes come in-and they are as advertised-acquittal is a probability. A hung jury becomes a mere possibility...
Former Clinton aide Ira Magaziner will not be prosecuted forlying about the membership of the President's health care task force. Although a court ruled last December that Magaziner had made some false statements about task force members during litigation, U.S. Attorney Eric Holder said his investigation yeilded no supportable evidence that Magaziner intentionally did so under oath...
...visit to Sicily. Although past pontiffs have made general denunciations of violence, the current pope has been the first to single out the Mob, saysTIME's Richard Ostling. "John Paul is not one to be intimidated. He beat the Communist leaders in Poland. He's denounced the IRA in Ireland, rebuked leaders for human rights violations in places like Brazil, and chastised the Supreme Court on abortion while just a few blocks down the Mall." The Vatican could face a stiff backlash. After the 1993 speech in Sicily, two church bombs exploded in Rome and a priest was gunned down...
...only meet left now was the IRA Regatta for the National Title, which Harvard won in four fine fashion. The Crimson whipped its foes, crossing the line 1.7 seconds ahead of second-place Princeton. The Harvard lights may not have been expected to do much, but they did anyway...