Word: ito
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...Angeles area have risen by 8% since the Simpson case erupted. One city council member reports being cornered at the gym by would-be jurors. From as far away as Minnesota and Florida, people eager -- avid! -- to do their official duty have been phoning the offices of Judge Lance Ito and District Attorney Gil Garcetti. That out-of-staters are ineligible is no barrier to their civic-mindedness...
With jury selection in the O.J. Simpson murder case set to begin on Monday, prosecutors and defense attorneys spent their last week of pretrial hearings arguing over the admissibility of critical evidence seized by police at Simpson's estate. Judge Lance Ito ruled in favor of the prosecution on the vast majority of the disputed evidence. He also attacked what he called "outrageous" and "incorrect" reporting on the case and threatened to kick TV cameras out of the courtroom...
Judge Lance Ito formally proposed an electronic media blackout of the O.J. Simpson trial today. The no-nonsense jurist said that media companies had to give him reasons why he should not issue an order to that effect in a hearing on November 7. Ito has been angry at television reporters since a KNBC-TV report last week that linked Nicole Simpson's blood to that found on O.J.'s socks. Ito called the story inaccurate, and was infuriated when the station repeated it the following day. The TV outlet has since recanted much of its story...
Judge Lance Ito identified 311 potential jurors for the O.J. Simpson case today, completing the first round in the selection process. The next step: all 311 candidates get grilled by attorneys on both sides next month. The goal is to narrow the field down to 12 finalists and eight alternates for the trial, which will begin in earnest in November...
...desire to charge ahead, Ito quashed a motion by the prosecution to defer the jury selection until after a hearing on the admissibility of DNA evidence in the case. The DA's office had asked for the delay because they could then pick a jury "untainted" by any media coverage of DNA results that come out in the hearing -- a well-known prosecution ploy, says TIME Law Reporter Andrea Sachs. "They don't want the jury to hear any of the outside information. They want a sequestered jury," says Sachs. "A sequestered jury is often a hanging jury...