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...credibility of one of the prosecution's key witnesses. The panel decided that a screenwriter's taped conversations with Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, in which Fuhrman reportedly used the word nigger and talked of framing black defendants, could be turned over to the defense. Judge Lance Ito will now have to rule on the tapes' admissibility...
...Ito can, and will continue to preside overthe trialnow that another judge has ruled that Ito's wife, L.A. Police Captain Margaret York cannot be compelled to testify. "In this trial, things shift so quickly, reports Willwerth, "you hardly know what will be important. Two days ago this was the biggest issue of the trial, and just like that the focus has shifted back to Fuhrman...
...love my wife dearly. I am wounded by criticism of her, as any spouse would be. It is reasonable to assume I would be impacted by this." With these words, his voice cracking with emotion, Judge Lance Ito recused himself from ruling on tapes in whichDetective Mark Fuhrmanverbally attacked Ito's wife, Los Angeles police Captain Margaret York. Another judge will now be assigned the task of determining if a screenwriter's interviews of Fuhrman, in which he insults York (his former boss), says he is essential to the prosecution's case, and boasts of his expertise in manipulating criminal...
Prosecutor Marcia Clark wants to show jurors what she says may be the trial's most convincing evidence yet. By using video from football broadcasts, she told Judge Lance Ito that she could prove that the leather gloves worn byO.J. Simpsonduring the games were the same pair used in the murders. But Clark did not say how she could prove the gloves were the same, and jurors may never be shown the videotape. The prosecution would like to introduce the tape to refute the testimony of defense bloodstain witness Herbert MacDonell, who is expected to testify that the blood could...
...glamourization of commentators--and concluding that a camera lens does far more than just behold. Those who have been inside the Simpson courtroom note how lawyers have learned to turn their back to the camera when exchanging jokes and smirks. And though joking persists even after Judge Lance Ito enters the chamber, solemnity rules once the camera begins to roll. Even home viewers perceive the impact as they monitor Marcia Clark's Di-like makeover, with hair that's gone from shaggy mane to Madison Avenue sleek and a once frumpy wardrobe that now rivals Grace Van Owen...