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...LAWYERS. Larry Feldman, attorney for the 13-year-old boy who alleges Michael abused him, has deposed a score of potential witnesses: no other boys but many Neverland staff members. Francia was speaking to prosecutors by day and Hard Copy at night -- moonlighting that does not please the plaintiff's lawyer. "When you introduce money into a witness's testimony," Feldman says, "it gives the other side something to talk about." But he exudes confidence that he has a winning case, and a moral one. "So far, the focus has been on Michael Jackson. From my standpoint, the focus...
...newsmaking peek last August at a social worker's report on the molestation charge against Jackson, reporter Diane Dimond describes spending three hours in a Santa Monica bar copying every word of the 25-page file in longhand. (She could not legally take away the original, which documented the plaintiff's story.) "I didn't pay one dime on the Jackson story," says Dimond, "and everybody in the world is now following...
Such statutes of limitations must be modified. Perhaps in cases where it would be impossible for the accused to mount a defense because of witnesses' deaths, the statutes should remain as they are. Or perhaps if a statute were suspended, a greater burden of proof should fall on the plaintiff. But the alleged victims must be allowed their day in court, even if the court they enter operates under different rules...
...they tend to apply this standard even to defendants of their own background. On the other hand, many are also deeply suspicious of authority because of their experience with prejudice or police harassment. Whatever the case, the presence of jurors who share the background of a defendant or plaintiff is useful in pointing out to other jurors cultural differences and confusions. Paul Igasaki, executive director of the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco, recalls a recent lawsuit heard by a jury containing only one Asian American. The panel was puzzled by the failure of the plaintiffs to demonstrate sufficient passion...
...always people who don't like thetest and then there are people on the otherextreme," says Bing. "We in the scientificcommunity are moving toward a consensus."CrimsonJamie W. BillettDR. FREDERICK R. BIEBER, who teaches a newcourse offered through the Extension School onforensic science, demonstrates DNA typing resultsof a female plaintiff and three male defendants ina complex paternity/inheritance suit...