Word: ito
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...saturated by the irresponsibility of the media that I'm beyond being outraged. I'm almost numb to it at this point. It's outrageous. It's irresponsible." Superior Court Judge Lance Ito at Thursday's court session of the O.J. Simpson case after he accused the media of inaccurately reporting DNA test results...
...defense attorneys spent all day trying to convince Judge Lance Ito that the police had improperly obtained key pieces of evidence, like the bloody glove found on the Simpson estate. Ito didn't buy it. As a result, the prosecution will probably still be able to use much of the most compelling evidence...
...further setback, the defense was denied immediate access to blood samples for DNA testing after arguing that the prosecution had acted in bad faith when a police crime lab withheld some for future testing. In a ruling released last Friday, Judge Lance Ito acknowledged that the prosecution's handling of the blood evidence was a "picture of confusion, miscommunication and noncommunication between the prosecuting attorneys and LAPD." But, he said, the performance "does not rise to the level of bad faith or misconduct...
...Simpson's lawyers called for new DNA tests to determine whether the first ones, tying him to Nicole Brown Simpson's murder, were compromised by contaminated blood samples and improper handling. Judge Lance Ito ruled that the prosecutors would not have to share blood evidence with the defense, even though they had been "less than exemplary" in handling...
Judge Lance Ito ruled that O.J.'s prosecutors would not have to share blood samples but scolded them for sloppiness