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WHEN A CIRCUS GOES AWRY, IT IS USUALly the fault of the ringmaster. Judge Ito was not able to keep the sideshows under control, and as a result the knife thrower got away with murder. This was not justice; this was a travesty. MARE-LIIS BALLES , Agincourt, Ontario...
...DEFENSE OF JUDGE LANCE ITO, WHOM you accuse of taking time "to usher celebrities into his chambers," let me offer a personal experience. My wife Lynne was found to have a malignant brain tumor in October 1994, when she was 35 years old. She followed the Simpson proceedings religiously as a diversion from her own death sentence. After learning of Lynne's case, Judge Ito offered her seats in the courtroom. On July 25, she accepted and spent the afternoon session in court as his guest. Upon her arrival, Judge Ito invited her into his chambers, and during the afternoon...
...probably only a matter of time before Judge Lance Ito and Marcia Clark rear their fearsome heads, too. We'll check the Ticketmaster hot line and keep you posted...
Talking about the obstacles posed to the defense by Judge Lance A. Ito, Cochran said, "He denied almost every motion [made by the defense], but we kept our eyes on the prize...
...signal TV event of the 20th century, outstripping even the Kennedy assassination, the first moon walk and any number of very special episodes of Silver Spoons--I think the trial ultimately transcended television. As testimony dragged on and on, slowly accreting detail and complexity, the drama in Judge Ito's courtroom began to remind me of nothing so much as an overstuffed 19th century novel, one of those ripping, 800-page doorstops from college, a real cinder block of a narrative. We got cliffhanger after cliffhanger, and more subplots than a contemporary storyteller might deem prudent. And thanks...