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...days of withering attacks on Simpson's credibility without the expected screen that the defense might have provided in its own line of questioning. Responding to criticism of his strategy, Baker told reporters, "There's a lot of people .. who think they can read the minds of the jurors. We'll see what they say." After Baker made his unexpected announcement, Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki adjourned the court for the Thanksgiving holiday and warned the jury not to discuss the case with friends or family. The caveat carried a particularly harsh edge as Fujisaki was forced just two hours before...
...California Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki, who is presiding over the O.J. Simpson civil trial, about the recent dismissal of an alternate juror who had slept through much of the trial. Judge Fujisaki later apologized for his comment...
...continuing avalanche of O.J. Simpson books by high-profile authors was thinned by one Friday when 'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss said he was abandoning his planned account of the trial. Given a front-row seat throughout the trial, McGinniss had planned to cover the story as the '13th juror' by avoiding other media coverage. But nearly a year after the event, McGinniss decided there wasn't a whole lot of there there. In a letter to his publisher explaining why he was ditching both the book and a $1.7 million advance, McGinniss said the trial "sapped my intellect...
...those two questions plus the fact that both of my parents are lawyers was enough to have me booted off the panel. Of course, I can't be sure why I was dismissed, because under the "peremptory challenge" rule, lawyers can simply get rid of a certain number of jurors without showing cause. In any event, so ended my brief experience as a juror in a gun possession case...
After my first panel experience, I was never called again. I did a lot of reading and generally sweated away for two more days until, at last, freedom was mine. In the "New York State Juror's Manual," which we each received, the conclusion reads: "Whether or not you are selected to serve on a case during your term of service, by your presence, availability and willingness to serve, you are making an invaluable contribution to the administration of justice." And that, of course, makes all the difference...