Word: ito
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Judge Lance Ito was watching all of his clocks today. He pushed the attorneys to speed it up, at one point giving defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran "sixty seconds" to make a complaint, and he ejected two spectators for talking. Ito also announced that the lunch break would be reduced from 90 to 60 minutes. The renewed vigor followed atwo-day break during which Ito interviewed unhappy jurors. The Associated Press reports that no jurors will be dismissed at this time. The jury today heard the testimony of criminalist Andrea Mazzola.O.J. Central
...overtaken the O.J. Simpson murder trial played itself out on two stages, both dangerous to the prosecution. Pugilistic defense attorney Barry Scheck forced Los Angeles criminalist Dennis Fung to admit to a series of apparent oversights, slips and errors made in gathering and preserving physical evidence. Meanwhile, Judge Lance Ito summoned ousted juror Jeanette Harris to a special hearing in order to quiz her about her allegations of racial tensions on the jury. Among her complaints: a system of segregated gyms and video-viewing rooms was set up because of disagreements between white and black jurors; she also alleged that...
Judge Lance Ito spent the day meeting with distraught jurors privately in an attempt to calm down the panel so that the trial can continue...
...strangest development yet in the O. J. Simpson trial,13 of the remaining 18 jurorsshowed up in court today wearing black and saying they would not step into the jury box until Judge Lance Ito agreed to meet with them. The panelists were protesting Ito's dismissal of three of their guards in the wake of allegations that the guards were giving some jurors preferential treatment. Ito met privately with lawyers and sheriff's officials and then began to individually interview each juror. The interviews are expected to conclude Monday. The testimony of police evidence technician Andrea Mazzola...
Testimony in the O. J. Simpson case resumed after a day's hiatus during which Judge Lance Ito interviewedjurorsabout allegations of racial tension on the jury. The results of the interviews were not released. First on the stand for the prosecution today was evidence technician Andrea Mazzola, the assistant to criminalist Dennis Fung. Mazzolacollected most of the blood evidencein the Simpson case, and the defense is expected to question her lack of experience. In her testimony Mazzola denied a defense allegation that she contaminated blood samples by handling them without gloves, saying that criminalists always wear gloves for fear...