Word: ito
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Simpson's attorney, Robert Shapiro, today said his team has been granted a hearing on the possibility that Judge Lance Ito's wife, Peggy York -- today the highest-ranking woman on the Los Angeles police department -- may be linked to the case. That possibility came to light after suggestions surfaced that she was involved in the investigation of a police detective who played a critical role in the murder investigation.The detective, Mark Fuhrman, has been the target of police inquiries and questions have been raised by Simpson's legal team about his role in the probe of the double murder...
...same, but the luncheon agenda never varied: how to pick a jury likely to find Simpson not guilty of first-degree murder. Life during jury selection was quite different for Don Vinson, jury consultant for the prosecution. Vinson tirelessly fed the responses of potential jurors to Judge Lance Ito's 80-page questionnaire into computers at the offices of DecisionQuest, handing out sophisticated analyses to the D.A. But after two court appearances early in the process, Vinson disappeared...
...play with the cards we were dealt," said a member of the prosecution. They were dealt by Ito, whose frustrations with saturation coverage of the case led him to reject many candidates who regularly read newspapers and magazines and watch TV news. (His approved fare for the dozen jurors: edited tapes of sitcoms and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.) "Ito cut down the pool of intelligent, independent people, and they weren't just whites," said Harvey Giss, a Los Angeles prosecutor. Even Dimitrius, though pleased with the outcome, said "Both sides lost good jurors in the process...
...Ito, who's been critical enough of the media coverage of the O.J. Simpson case to threaten to pull cameras from his courtroom, is appearing as himself in a five-part interview series on Los Angeles station KCBS-TV. Ito is not discussing the Simpson case, but instead focusing on his life history and views on the judicial system. Today, prospective alternate jurors, asked about pre-trial publicity, commented on a promo for the Ito package. ?Well, it?s sweeps week,? Ito said. Some legal analysts were critical of Ito?s participation, suggesting that he might consider adhering...
...victory that's important for O.J. addicts, cameras-in-court backers and networks chasing high ratings, Judge Lance Ito ruled today that cameras will be allowed to cover what's certain to be the most widely-watched trial in history. Ito said recent TV coverage has shown "restraint" and he placed just one restriction on TV and still cameras: they must be operated by remote control. Ito's ruling came after a massive effort by news organizations to cajole him into letting in the cameras. "The camera pleads absolutely, 100 percent not guilty," said Court TV attorney, and First Amendment...