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...over what has come to be known as the Fuhrman tapes. Between April 1985 and July 1994, Fuhrman and McKinny, who was writing a movie script about policewomen, had a series of tape-recorded conversations about police technique, Fuhrman-style. Though the tapes do not specifically offer evidence of Simpson's innocence, they could have a shattering impact not only on the prosecution's case but on the already troubled L.A.P.D. as well...
...keeping the tapes out of court, that he used the word nigger on three occasions in the past 10 years. And at worst, depending on what portions of the tapes, if any, Ito permits the jury to hear, Fuhrman has breathed life into the defense's pet theory: that Simpson is an innocent victim of a racist police conspiracy. Former Los Angeles district attorney Ira Reiner explains: "It is not that the tapes should influence the case by any objective standard. The issue is subjective importance. They will overwhelm the jury. If those tapes come in-and they...
...from a lawyer who gave him McKinny's first name and telephone number; defense investigator Patrick McKenna took it from there. McKenna says he dialed and left a message; McKinny called him about 15 minutes later. "I took a deep breath and said to her, 'I work for O.J. Simpson, and I really believe in my heart of hearts that he is innocent,'" McKenna recalls. "'Please don't hang up on me. I understand that you have some tapes, and I am begging you to let me hear them.' She said she would have to call her lawyer. I gave...
Although McKinny appeared to be fighting hard to keep the tapes out of the Simpson trial, losing that battle earlier this month in the North Carolina courts, her motives, like those of so many people connected to this case, may not be entirely unselfish. She told PrimeTime Live that the tapes are not for sale, yet Michael Viner, owner of Dove Audio Inc., which has published a number of books about the Simpson case, says he was approached about buying them, but the price was prohibitive. Sources at the television show EXTRA, the National Enquirer and the tabloid Globe also...
...Fuhrman tapes, the most the prosecution and the police department can do now is scramble to mute their impact. Prosecutor Clark has insisted that Fuhrman is role-playing "a bad boy" on the tapes-and that, in any case, the issue of Fuhrman's racism is irrelevant to Simpson's guilt or innocence. Private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who worked for Michael Jackson during his legal troubles and now works for Fuhrman, also declared last week, echoing Clark, that the tapes just show Fuhrman "talking a lot of trash. He wanted this woman to be excited about his stories...