Word: mistrials
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Having quelled a jury mutiny and narrowly averted a mistrial, Judge Lance Ito took heed of complaints about the turgid pace of the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Ito told attorneys to speed up their questioning, tossed out some obstreperous spectators and even said the lunch break would be shortened. Testimony was largely taken up by the defense's exhaustive efforts to show that a police criminalist was both incompetent and an integral player in a complex police conspiracy against Simpson...
...under arrest. Says noted defense attorney Leslie Abramson: "They're being guarded by people who are used to treating everyone like prisoners. They need crisis counseling.'' But, adds Abramson, "there is not a shred of possibility that Ito, who is a smart fellow, is going to declare a mistrial over the defense's objections without some legal justification. And so far, I haven't seen one.'' (Any mistrial not sanctioned by the defense could prevent Simpson's being tried again...
...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 preferential treatment on a shopping trip. All of which could lead to more juror dismissals and even the outside possibility of a mistrial...
Ogletree said that he hoped the case will not end in mistrial, because of the detrimental effect it would have on the reputation of the American legal system...
Sporting a big "No Mistrial" button,Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcettidenied defense charges that the prosecution wants a mistrial and has been trying have allegedly sympathetic jurors dismissed. In the courtroom, defense attorney Barry Scheck continued to cast doubts on the validity of evidence collected by the LAPD as he grilled criminalist Dennis Fung. Today, Fung acknowledged leavingdelicate blood samplesin a hot van for seven hours because the refrigerator in the van did not work. Scheck also accused Fung of lying about seeing bloodstains on Simpson's Bronco, saying that Fung was trying to protect the testimony of Detective...