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Certainly the Simpson jury is well on its way to making judicial history as the most contentious and trouble-plagued panel in memory. Since the trial began in January, six jurors have been dismissed for reasons ranging from medical issues to misconduct, which leaves only 12 active jurors and six alternates. And with months of numbingly exhaustive testimony still to come, Ito is in danger of losing even more jurors to stress, boredom, personality conflicts or unforeseen dilemmas. Last week, juror No. 453, a flight attendant, asked Ito to let her go because she just "can't take it anymore...
Sidebar transcripts from yesterday's trial show a room that at times seemed to resemble an elementary schoolclassroom more than a courtroom. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran complained that one juror wasn't paying attention (Ito agreed, although he took no action), while defense attorney Peter Neufeld complained that prosecutor Marcia Clark was giggling during testimony. Clark denied it, saying "this did not happen. ...Mr. Neufeld is on some other planet." Neufeld today apologized to criminalist Andrea Mazzola for mispronouncing her name, then resumed his cross-examination, trying to show that Mazzola was part of a police conspiracy to frame Simpson...
...Simpson murder trial played itself out on two stages, both dangerous to the prosecution. Pugilistic defense attorney Barry Scheck forced Los Angeles criminalist Dennis Fung to admit to a series of apparent oversights, slips and errors made in gathering and preserving physical evidence. Meanwhile, Judge Lance Ito summoned ousted juror Jeanette Harris to a special hearing in order to quiz her about her allegations of racial tensions on the jury. Among her complaints: a system of segregated gyms and video-viewing rooms was set up because of disagreements between white and black jurors; she also alleged that whites were given...
...jurorsshowed up in court today wearing black and saying they would not step into the jury box until Judge Lance Ito agreed to meet with them. The panelists were protesting Ito's dismissal of three of their guards in the wake of allegations that the guards were giving some jurors preferential treatment. Ito met privately with lawyers and sheriff's officials and then began to individually interview each juror. The interviews are expected to conclude Monday. The testimony of police evidence technician Andrea Mazzola, set to resume today, has been postponed until Tuesday. Five jurors did not take part...
...week began with the prosecution methodically introducing the physical evidence it says will prove that O.J. Simpson murdered his ex-wife and a friend-evidence that withering cross-examination indicated might be flawed. But the trial came to an abrupt halt when another juror, Jeanette Harris, was dismissed, reportedly for having failed to fully reveal her personal experiences with domestic violence. Harris then publicly criticized the prosecution's case, talked about racial tensions on the jury and complained about the deputies guarding the panel. Judge Lance Ito promptly ordered an investigation...