Word: simpson
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...SIMPSON TRIAL HAS SHAKEN AMERIcans' confidence in the ability of the U.S. judicial system to deliver justice. As time passes, the case may recede into being only another speck of sand on the sand hill, but its effect on the shape of the hill will last forever. There is far more at stake here than the case. Yes, one side lost and another won, but did either one rise to the occasion? MAIR ZAMIR, London, Ontario...
...DEFENSE OF JUDGE LANCE ITO, WHOM you accuse of taking time "to usher celebrities into his chambers," let me offer a personal experience. My wife Lynne was found to have a malignant brain tumor in October 1994, when she was 35 years old. She followed the Simpson proceedings religiously as a diversion from her own death sentence. After learning of Lynne's case, Judge Ito offered her seats in the courtroom. On July 25, she accepted and spent the afternoon session in court as his guest. Upon her arrival, Judge Ito invited her into his chambers, and during the afternoon...
...TRIAL ATTORNEY, I BELIEVE NONE OF us have the standing to question the jury's decision in the Simpson murder trial. We in the public had access to much more information than did the jury, which heard only that evidence the attorneys chose to present and the judge ruled admissible. Under our wonderful Constitution and the Anglo-American law's presumption of innocence until guilt is proved beyond a reasonable doubt, the State of California was ruled not to have carried its burden of proof. I for one am happy to live in a country where the rule...
...TENDENCY TO IDOLIZE AND CELEbrate O.J. Simpson in the wake of his acquittal is appalling. He may not be guilty of murder, but a man who violently beats and terrorizes his wife is no hero. He deserved a fair trial, and one has to assume that is what he received. But it makes me sick to see how quickly ''not guilty of murder'' is translated into ''innocent.'' A man who threatens to kill his wife is very likely to do just that. He is neither a pillar of the community nor the victim of a witch-hunt. He is without...
...define as heroes grown men who play little boys' games, we demean the Audie Murphys, Sergeant Yorks, Florence Nightingales and countless anonymous police officers, fire fighters and others who have risked and sometimes forfeited their lives in the service of humanity. There are many great talented sports figures, including Simpson. Role models they may be. Heroes they are not. JOHN LUTHER, Buffalo, New York...