Word: prosecutor
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...were the prosecutor, I would not appeal,"Silverglate said. "The judge's decision was verywell reasoned...
...anymore. I've got two other women. I don't want that woman in my bed anymore,' " Edwards said. But the detective added that Nicole "was wet. She was shivering. She was cold. I could feel her bones and she was real cold and she was beat up." Prosecutors showed jurors a photo of her badly bruised face. Edwards' testimony followed an unprecedented presentation by prosecutor Marcia Clark in which she added to the opening statements she gave last week. Clark used the time to berate a key defense witness, calling her "a known liar and a Simpson-case groupie...
Judge Lance Ito rebukedO.J. Simpson's defense lawyers for bringing in witnesses at the eleventh hour and instructed the jury to disregard references to six such witnesses in last week's opening statement by the defense. In an unusual ruling, Ito said he would allow prosecutor Marcia Clark to add approximately ten minutes to the opening statement she delivered last week, so that she may point out inconsistencies in the defense presentation. Ito also told jurors that the defense had violated the law in withholding information from the prosecution, and had caused delays in the trial. He forbade the defense...
TheO.J. Simpson trialwas thrown into chaos today because of the illness of one prosecutor and a bitter back-and-forth between attorneys on both sides regarding an eleventh-hour witness list submitted by the defense. Deputy District Attorney Christopher Darden denounced the list as a roster of "heroin addicts, thieves, felons and . . . a court-certified pathological liar." Prosecutor William Hodgman was hospitalized last evening, complaining of chest pains; he is still in the hospital. Judge Lance Ito noted that Hodgman appeared extremely disturbed as defense attorneys announced the new witnesses yesterday. "I've known him as a colleague...
...independent counsel investigating the contract-steering scandal surrounding former Housing Secretary Samuel Pierce announced that he would not bring any charges against the Reagan Administration official owing to lack of evidence. But the prosecutor, whose probe has resulted in 16 convictions of subordinates and others, forced Pierce to release a statement admitting that "my own conduct contributed to an environment in which these events could occur...