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Ousted O.J. Simpson juror Jeanette Harris has presented a long list of complaints aboutlife on the juryto Judge Lance Ito. Among them: That there was racial tension amongjury members, with black and white members using separate gyms and watching movies in separate rooms. Harris also suspected that her room had been searched, and said that some jurors received preferential treatment from guards. The transcript of Ito's Wednesday afternoon meeting with Harris was released today. Although defense attorneys have accused the prosecution in the past few days of trying to sabotage the jury,TIME Los Angeles correspondent James Willwerthsays that...
Judge Lance Ito late today ruled that the O.J. Simpson defense team cannot challenge the admissibility of DNA evidence in court. Ito determined that the defense previously had permanently waived its right to challenge the admissibility of such evidence. The prosecution plans to use the results of DNA testing of blood found in Simpson's Bronco and other locations to prove that he murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. Also today, the black woman who was ousted from theSimpson juryon Wednesday said in a TV interview that a white juror had kicked...
...sixth member of theO.J. Simpson murder trial jurywas dismissed by Judge Lance Ito today. The 38-year-old black woman reportedly had failed to tell the judge about a past experience with domestic abuse. She was replaced by a 44-year-old black woman who works as a computer technician for the Los Angeles County court system. That leaves just six people in an alternate jury pool that started with 12 members, raising concerns that by the end of the trial, there may not be enough jurors left to reach a verdict. Proceedings were interrupted again today when a burly...
...Chicago. "They're trying to raise all kinds of possibilities of skullduggery in the jury's mind," saysTIME Los Angeles correspondent James Willwerth, who expects prosecutors to ask Kardashian leading questions about the bag. Both sides spent most of the day arguing over evidence and witnesses with Judge Lance Ito, without the jury present.The O.J. Files
Judge Lance Ito granted prosecutor Marcia Clark's unusual request for permission to treatBrian "Kato" Kaelinas a "hostile," allowing her to attack her own prosecution's star witness. Under Clark's aggressive questioning, the former Simpson houseguest admitted thatO.J.was upset in the hours before his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, were murdered on June 12. Earlier, he had said that Simpson appeared "normal" that night. Kaelin said Simpson was also "a little bit upset" because while he had wanted to spend time with his daughter Sydney after her music recital that day, Nicole Simpson...