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...provoke an outburst, to spark a defining moment that would convince a majority of the 12 jurors that O.J. Simpson was guilty of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. But the former football star never lost his cool. Asked by plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Petrocelli, who did the bulk of the interrogating, if he had an explanation for how the blood of his ex-wife and Goldman might have ended up in his Bronco, Simpson responded, as he had dozens of times already, that he had no idea. Dismissed juror Ann-Marie Jamison, though...
...Petrocelli & Co. has, for instance, rethought the time line. Prosecutors Clark and Christopher Darden built their case on the theory that the murders were committed between 10:15 and 10:20 p.m. on June 12, bringing on Nicole's neighbor Pablo Fenjves to testify that he heard the "plaintive wail" of Kato the Akita at around that time. The prosecutors felt that gave Simpson plenty of time to commit the murders, then return to his Rockingham estate by about 10:45 or 10:50, which is when limousine driver Allan Park says he saw a dark figure entering the house...
...though, Petrocelli's team has opted to go with witness Robert Heidstra, who was previously a witness for the defense. In late October, Heidstra told the civil jury that he heard a voice yelling, "Hey, hey, hey!" at about 10:40 and that moments later he saw a white utility vehicle speeding away from the scene. Though this tightens the race Simpson would have had to make between Nicole's house and his own, Heidstra is a strong witness. "Some of us always thought it was a mistake to pin the murders to 10:15," a former Simpson prosecutor says...
...seeming inconsistencies, Simpson gave off an overall sense of being in control, if a bit weary, by the end of the day. His friend Leo Terrell says, "His demeanor at lunch after three hours of being on the stand was just like he is any other day." And when Petrocelli finishes up, Simpson enters friendlier waters with his own defense attorneys, who will allow him to give his version of his relationship with his ex-wife. If Robert Baker's opening statement is any indication, Simpson will portray Nicole as a volatile, unstable woman who began associating with a hard...
...although this case is less about money than about exacting retribution. And a victory at trial, just like the last time around, does not necessarily mean that someday the real killers will be found. The jurors, like many Americans, may have already made up their minds. On Friday, as Petrocelli, voice booming dramatically, accused the defendant of killing Nicole, then Ron Goldman, Simpson kept turning toward the jurors, trying to catch each of their eyes, as he answered, over and over, "Absolutely not." Some jurors were already looking elsewhere...