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...plaintiffs' source tells TIME that Simpson also faces questions about apparent inconsistencies regarding the day of the murder. He has been alternately asleep, reading, sitting on his bed and chipping golf balls during the murders--and he conceded last week that no one saw him at all between 9:35 and 10:50 p.m. And in his original statement to police Simpson said he was having "weird thoughts" about Nicole, which was why he preferred not to take a lie-detector test. In his deposition Simpson, under persistent questioning, said that those weird thoughts were about the time Nicole...
...will Simpson's actions the day he was supposed to surrender to police. Unlike in the criminal trial, where prosecutors were worried that introducing the tale of Simpson's slow-speed Bronco chase would open the door to testimony about a grief-stricken and suicidal husband, Simpson will now be called to account for those hours--and for the fact that he carried with him a disguise, a pile of cash and his passport...
...Simpson will also be quizzed about the six weeks leading up to the murders. Both the plaintiffs and the prosecutors contend that those weeks were important, that it was the time when Nicole Brown Simpson made a final break from her ex-husband. Although Simpson on the stand last week described Nicole as the pursuer--he had called her attentions "incessant" in his deposition--he acknowledges that he gave Nicole a $6,000 diamond-and-sapphire bracelet for her birthday on May 19, but that she returned the gift within two weeks...
Despite all the seeming inconsistencies, Simpson gave off an overall sense of being in control, if a bit weary, by the end of the day. His friend Leo Terrell says, "His demeanor at lunch after three hours of being on the stand was just like he is any other day." And when Petrocelli finishes up, Simpson enters friendlier waters with his own defense attorneys, who will allow him to give his version of his relationship with his ex-wife. If Robert Baker's opening statement is any indication, Simpson will portray Nicole as a volatile, unstable woman who began associating...
...ultimately chooses to believe when the trial ends, anyone expecting them to reach some holy grail of truth this time around will be disappointed. All that is needed is a "preponderance of the evidence"--a much lower standard than reasonable doubt--and eight out of 12 jurors in agreement. Simpson may be held liable in the deaths of these two people, but he will not go to prison. Depending on the cleverness of his attorneys, Simpson may not even have to pay full damages, although this case is less about money than about exacting retribution. And a victory at trial...