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...Simpson's ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman. Prosecutors claim that according to the times cited by witnesses today, O.J. Simpson would have been able to commit the murders, clean up and still board a limousine for the airport a little after 11 p.m.In another development, Judge Lance Ito ruled that O.J. Simpson's first wife, Marquerite Simpson Thomas, must testify at the trial. Her lawyer had testified that she had received the subpoena improperly. Prosecutors want her to testify because, they say, Simpson had two telephone conversations with his first wife the day of his arrest, including...
Judge Lance Ito today dismissed a juror in the trial because she was treated by O.J. Simpson's doctor for arthritis. Defense lawyers have claimed that one of the reasons O.J. could not have committed the murders is that he suffers from arthritis. The dismissed juror--a 63-year old white woman--was replaced by a 54-year old black man. The jury now consists of seven women and five men; nine jurors are black, one is white and two are of mixed race...
Even as the lawyers wait for Ito to rule this week on the prosecution's 27 motions for sanctions--which could include an admonition to the jury to disregard some of Cochran's statements because the defense did not comply with California's discovery laws--Clark has already absorbed the new blows. Darden argued to the judge that some of Cochran's witnesses were not likely to hold up under cross-examination. He called them a collection of ``heroin addicts, thieves, felons,'' adding that one is ``a court-certified pathological liar,'' and the prosecution's research may bear this...
Kazutoshi Ito, head of the National Land Agency's disaster division, told journalists that sending soldiers into local governments' jurisdiction would have smacked of ``a return to prewar militarism.'' But the commander of Japanese defense forces in the region, Lieut. General Yusuke Matsushima, brushed tears from his eyes when he apologized in public last week. ``People said, Why didn't you help us sooner?'' he recounted. ``I understand, but it was--the situation...
...bipartisan vote of 86 to 10 a bill restricting the power of Congress to impose unfunded mandates upon the states. The Simpson Case The extraordinary O.J. Simpson murder trial ground to a halt, as prosecution objections and vitriolic exchanges between opposing attorneys interrupted opening arguments and sent Judge Lance Ito scurrying to his chambers to sort things out. The disruption occurred when prosecutors accused defense attorneys of telling the jury about witnesses and witness statements they had not disclosed to prosecutors, a possible violation of California law. ``Appalling,'' ``disgusting,'' and ``trial by ambush,'' charged the prosecution. Nonsense, countered Simpson...