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Since Kay killed Jackie, the general public has reached a greater understanding of the potentially lethal relationship between an abuser and a victim--thanks in part to the endless examination of O.J. Simpson's volatile marriage to Nicole Brown Simpson. Police officers, judges, doctors and lawyers have begun to get educated about the "battered woman's syndrome"--the psychological dependency that keeps a spouse trapped in a violent relationship, repeatedly forgiving her abuser and even sometimes blaming herself for the attacks. In recent years, legal protections for victims of domestic abuse have also been dramatically strengthened in ways that might...
...Senior writer Richard Lacayo, contributor Lance Morrow and correspondents White, Elaine Lafferty and James Willwerth shared the general-news prize for the Oct. 9, 1995, cover story, "O.J. and Race: Will the Verdict Split America?," which assessed the escalating racial rhetoric surrounding the Simpson trial...
...came on the heels of a tribute from the National Association of Black Journalists to senior writer Elizabeth Gleick for her June 19, 1995, article "Rich Justice, Poor Justice," an account of how badly black defendants fare in court when they lack the financial resources available to, say, O.J. Simpson...
...America going to try Simpson forever and ever, until he is darn well found guilty by someone, somewhere, sometime?" ALAN D. BROWNLEE Copper Cliff, Ontario...
This case sticks in the craw [SOCIETY, Dec. 2]. It isn't because of O.J. Simpson's race. A jury of munchkins decided it was payback time for past injustices. The case won't go away because too many African Americans have turned Simpson into an icon. I'm afraid that race relations have been set back. Affirmative-action programs have been set back. The healing will begin when Simpson wipes the smirk off his face and goes away. PAUL WASSERMAN Northridge, California...