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JANICE C. SIMPSON, TIME's deputy chief of correspondents, hasn't had a dull moment--or even a quiet one--for weeks. From the death of Ron Brown to the capture of the Unabomber suspect to the plane crash of seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff, breaking news has required Simpson to cue the efforts of correspondents in TIME's 11 U.S. bureaus like a master conductor. Adding to her workload, she has lately been coordinating the reporting for a TIME paperback book based on the magazine's Unabomber cover. The book, Mad Genius, will be in bookstores...
...just show that civil trials are easier to win than criminal trials--which bodes ominously for O.J. Simpson and his defense team. A more significant insight into America's criminal justice system is provided by the lawsuit filed against the Beverly Hills police department this week. The suit charges Beverly Hills cops with singling out the few black residents of the posh community for abusive treatment. Typically, many of the plaintiffs complain that they are frequently subjected to groundless, demeaning and sometimes violent traffic stops...
...stage such pageants when Americans are feeling dirty about something. Jessica Dubroff's adventure--a Disney story of redemption by a seven-year-old, a '90s remake of Shirley Temple playing Charles Lindbergh--might have worked as a gaudy, cute, uplifting antidote to the shaming mess of the Simpson trial...
...universe clicking in conspiracy. Whitewater and Vincent Foster's death continued to emit a low-intensity radioactive glow (a marvelously double-jointed paranoid bumper sticker said IF VINCE FOSTER HAD OWNED A GUN, HE WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY). And, of course, an elaborate police conspiracy framed O.J. Simpson for a double murder...
ELIZABETH GLEICK thought she had had enough of the O.J. Simpson case after writing two cover stories and half a dozen shorter pieces about the most chewed-over trial in recent history. So she was pleasantly surprised when she read the new books by prosecutor Christopher Darden and defense attorney Robert Shapiro. "Both were amazingly interesting," says the TIME senior writer, who reviews the latest crop of O.J. titles in this week's issue. "Their behind-the-scenes stories were full of tales of blood and private anguish." Gleick, who describes herself as a devoted Court TV watcher, interviewed Shapiro...