Word: ito
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Judging by the eruptions in and out of Judge Lance Ito's courtroom last week, Fuhrman may have a point. While the weary jury continued to hear dry-as-fingerprint-dust technical evidence, out of their presence a titanic battle was under way over what has come to be known as the Fuhrman tapes. Between April 1985 and July 1994, Fuhrman and McKinny, who was writing a movie script about policewomen, had a series of tape-recorded conversations about police technique, Fuhrman-style. Though the tapes do not specifically offer evidence of Simpson's innocence, they could have a shattering...
...because they don't do anything. They don't go out and initiate a contact with some 6-ft. 5-in. nigger that's been in prison for seven years pumping weights." And in a twist almost unbelievable even in Simpsonland, he discusses-using derogatory language-run-ins with Ito's wife, police captain Margaret York, which suddenly raised the issue of whether Ito should continue to preside over the trial. In the words of a key prosecution source who has listened to portions of the tapes and who is usually prone to understatement, "The tapes are a disaster...
...credibility of one of the prosecution's key witnesses. The panel decided that a screenwriter's taped conversations with Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, in which Fuhrman reportedly used the word nigger and talked of framing black defendants, could be turned over to the defense. Judge Lance Ito will now have to rule on the tapes' admissibility...
...Ito can, and will continue to preside overthe trialnow that another judge has ruled that Ito's wife, L.A. Police Captain Margaret York cannot be compelled to testify. "In this trial, things shift so quickly, reports Willwerth, "you hardly know what will be important. Two days ago this was the biggest issue of the trial, and just like that the focus has shifted back to Fuhrman...
...love my wife dearly. I am wounded by criticism of her, as any spouse would be. It is reasonable to assume I would be impacted by this." With these words, his voice cracking with emotion, Judge Lance Ito recused himself from ruling on tapes in whichDetective Mark Fuhrmanverbally attacked Ito's wife, Los Angeles police Captain Margaret York. Another judge will now be assigned the task of determining if a screenwriter's interviews of Fuhrman, in which he insults York (his former boss), says he is essential to the prosecution's case, and boasts of his expertise in manipulating criminal...