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...same, but the luncheon agenda never varied: how to pick a jury likely to find Simpson not guilty of first-degree murder. Life during jury selection was quite different for Don Vinson, jury consultant for the prosecution. Vinson tirelessly fed the responses of potential jurors to Judge Lance Ito's 80-page questionnaire into computers at the offices of DecisionQuest, handing out sophisticated analyses to the D.A. But after two court appearances early in the process, Vinson disappeared...
...play with the cards we were dealt," said a member of the prosecution. They were dealt by Ito, whose frustrations with saturation coverage of the case led him to reject many candidates who regularly read newspapers and magazines and watch TV news. (His approved fare for the dozen jurors: edited tapes of sitcoms and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.) "Ito cut down the pool of intelligent, independent people, and they weren't just whites," said Harvey Giss, a Los Angeles prosecutor. Even Dimitrius, though pleased with the outcome, said "Both sides lost good jurors in the process...
Alas, as academically smart as the average Harvard student is, common sense is often a department in which he or she lacks. And if Judge Ito would allow the stretch, I'd like to present Saturday night's action in Meehan Auditorium as Exhibit...
...victory that's important for O.J. addicts, cameras-in-court backers and networks chasing high ratings, Judge Lance Ito ruled today that cameras will be allowed to cover what's certain to be the most widely-watched trial in history. Ito said recent TV coverage has shown "restraint" and he placed just one restriction on TV and still cameras: they must be operated by remote control. Ito's ruling came after a massive effort by news organizations to cajole him into letting in the cameras. "The camera pleads absolutely, 100 percent not guilty," said Court TV attorney, and First Amendment...
...murders. "Are any of you going to require Mr. Simpson and his lawyers tosolve these killingsand identify the real killers?" Cochran asked. "You understand, that's not our job." Cochran's statements came during the questioning of a jury pool of 42 people -- part of aselection processJudge Lance Ito said is likely to take another month. His comments prompted Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark to ask the jurors, rhetorically: "Do you expect me to shoot down all these oddball theories?"Post your opinion on theCrimebulletin board...