Word: sidebars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sidebar transcripts from yesterday's trial show a room that at times seemed to resemble an elementary schoolclassroom more than a courtroom. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran complained that one juror wasn't paying attention (Ito agreed, although he took no action), while defense attorney Peter Neufeld complained that prosecutor Marcia Clark was giggling during testimony. Clark denied it, saying "this did not happen. ...Mr. Neufeld is on some other planet." Neufeld today apologized to criminalist Andrea Mazzola for mispronouncing her name, then resumed his cross-examination, trying to show that Mazzola was part of a police conspiracy to frame Simpson...
...Mazzola continued today with Judge Lance Ito once again asking the trial be speeded up, but asking that defense attorney Peter Neufeld slow down so that court reporters would have an easier time understanding his Brooklyn accent.Ito continued to pick up the pace, refusing to confer with lawyers at sidebar and giving attorneys a 15 minute time limit to argue legal points. Neufeld continued his examination of Mazzola, once again asserting that Mazzola improperly collected blood evidence, while Mazzola confidently maintained that she had done everything according to how she was taught. Mazzola admitted she didn't log a vial...
...Judge Lance Ito of showing bias toward the prosecution, CNN reports. The defense is said to be particularly upset by Ito's treatment of DNA expert Barry Scheck. In court today, Ito at times grew visibly impatient with Scheck's deliberate and repetitive style, several times refusing requests for sidebar discussions from Scheck and prosecution attorney Hank Goldberg, and at one point curtly telling Scheck to sit down. When Fung concluded his testimony, Ito began questioning jurors about allegations of racial tensions on the jury, denying a request from Simpson's defense to allow Simpson to be present during...
...protest at Columbia University markedthe first instance of massive police violenceagainst campus activists (please see sidebar,this page...
...protest at Columbia University markedthe first instance of massive police violenceagainst campus activists(please see sidebar,this page...