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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...
...mostly African-American jury of eight women and four men, this was the day's denouement. They were out of the courtroom by the time Judge Ito--informed that a hapless Court TV cameraman had slipped and televised the face of one alternate juror for a fraction of a second--excoriated the press and threatened to shut down the television cameras altogether. But as has happened before, Ito brandished a stick that he ultimately declined to use: he relented the next morning and let the show...
COURT TV CAMERAPERSON Glimpse of alternate juror almost scuttles TV coverage of O.J. trial
Judge Lance Ito allowed broadcasters to continue televising the proceedings, after Court TV apologized profusely for showing the face of an alternate juror yesterday. Ito grumbled later in the day that he gets no respect: he said he has been treated like the "Rodney Dangerfield of judges."The O.J. Files
...seeing Denise Brown ," defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. said in a hearing. "She has taken it upon herself to misconstrue, to put her own spin on interpretations." Brown has implied in television interviews that Simpson committed the murders. The impact of her statements became clear when a prospective alternate juror told Judge Lance Ito he had seen Brown on TV. Asked by the judge what he heard her say, the man blurted out: "She said he did it." (He was dismissed.) But prosecutor Marcia Clark said Brown's statements were a repercussion of the defense's own media manipulation...