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...turn in his trial, lashing out at his would-be defenders, laying out instructions as he marches about the room in manacles; Judge Ito, weighed down by petty concerns, summoning lawyers to revel in his celebrity; Christopher Darden and Johnnie Cochran fuming privately over their public spats; the juror who talked about the flaws in the prosecution's case and the sacrifices she and her colleagues made during the nine-month ordeal; the police officers, including a duo nicknamed "Dumb and Dumber," who fell short in their jobs. Here are the tales that help illuminate the trial that transfixed...
This leads us to the most significant question raised by the trial: Did the legal system work? Its effectiveness was questioned from the start because the excessive media attention tainted the thoughts of practically every potential juror in the country. We continued to wonder about the suitability of the jury and the efficacy of sequestration as the number of jurors dropped faster than Mark Fuhrman's credibility, by the end leaving only 14 of the original 24. And Judge Ito's dramatic grandstanding didn't help the situation...
...SIMPSON JURORS HAVE BEEN given no counseling to help them through an ordeal that psychologists warn can induce unique and even dangerous forms of stress. Tracy Kennedy, a juror dismissed in March, attempted suicide two months later with an overdose of sedatives. Tracy Hampton, a flight attendant cut on May 1, struggled with depression so severe that she was hospitalized by the end of the month. After court adjourned on Wednesday, one juror could be seen at her hotel window with an exhausted look on her face, her forehead pressed against the glass pane. "I'm really worried about some...
...favorable sign of the jury's mood that it took the panel only a few minutes last Friday to chose a foreman. Or forewoman--some ex-jurors say that before they left the panel, a black female juror, 50, had emerged as a leader within the group. There is no telling whether their cooperative mood will last for long. Still, the Simpson case, which has inspired so much division, has also offered some scenes of unexpected harmony. There was a remarkable one on the last day of the trial. During the 15-minute morning break, Simpson's mother Eunice...
...case will give other defendants false hopes that their cases can be beat as well. As a white man with a healthy skepticism of authority, I was nevertheless stunned that a Mark Fuhrman could have remained so long on a prestigious, presumably professional urban police force. Because no future juror who has heard the Fuhrman tapes will soon forget them, the damage wrought by the Simpson trial will be the reluctance of jurors, black and white, to trust the word of white officials who gather or present evidence against black defendants. Even meritorious prosecutions may be lost unless and until...