Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...finding a defendant guilty, in the civil trial jurors can find Simpson guilty if they decide that he probably murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her companion, Ronald Goldman. Only nine of the 12 jurors need agree on the verdict. In his closing statement, Daniel Petrocelli, the lawyer for Ronald Goldman's father, delivered a string of snide accusatory one-liners that kept the audience chuckling. Key to the case's outcome are charges by the defense that evidence against Simpson was manipulated by Los Angeles police and the prosecution's last-minute presentation of 30 photos showing...
...These people argue that the hazing was not about gender but about perceived weakness, especially as two males were being hazed at the same time; and of the 581 entering freshmen, 81 so far have dropped out. "Because it happened to others doesn't make it right," responds Mentavlos' lawyer, Timothy Kulp, who says his current bedside reading includes both The Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy's famous novel about hazing at the Citadel, and The Lord of the Flies...
...that nobody in a theater has a right to talk through the movie--particularly if it's a guy sitting right behind you whose voice could be used to torture political prisoners in South America and who can't stop talking about how much the actress playing the matrimonial lawyer resembles his Cousin Edna, the one who ran off with the sheet-rock installer. In this situation, you don't need a citation from Oliver Wendell Holmes. You only need an usher. The usher can explain to Torture Voice that he has every right to carry on a conversation...
CHARGED. NINA SHAHRAVAN, 23, the woman who claimed that Dallas Cowboys football star Erik Williams had raped her while teammate Michael Irvin held a gun to her head; with perjury; in Dallas. Police say Shahravan signed a statement recanting, but her lawyer says she stands by her story...
...Pont's past bizarre behavior is the basis of the insanity plea his defense team will put forth, though even they seem to put little faith in the tactic. Defense attorney Thomas Bergstrom, when interviewing potential jury members, repeatedly asked if they thought the insanity defense was a "lawyer's trick," or a "legal loophole." Pennsylvania has strict standards for proving insanity, and juries are often skeptical of it as a defense...