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...SIMPSON TRIAL...
Judge Lance Ito ruled that theO.J. Simpson jurywill be allowed to see the gruesome autopsy photos of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The judge ruled over the objections of defense attorney Robert Shapiro that the pictures would cause "revulsion and horror" and unfairly inflame jurors. Prosecutors had long contended that the photos, which graphically illustrate how the victims were killed, were essential to their case. It is not yet known when the prosecution will present the pictures to the jury, which slogged through yet another day of often tedious DNA testimony from criminalist Collin Yamauchi...
...ever be rid of this national embarrassment?), all the soaps have suffered a ratings decline," bemoaned Mimi Torchin, editor in chief of Soap Opera Weekly, in a recent editorial. Last summer, in early July, the serials lost an entire week of programming when they were pre-empted for the Simpson trial's preliminary hearings, and they have never really recovered. "It's been a battle all along," says Susan Banks, director of on-air promotion for cbs Daytime. "We thought the viewers would come back, but they didn't." Since the beginning of this year, when cnn and court...
...SIMPSON TRIAL...
Prosecutors continued to tighten the web of inculpatory DNA evidence that they have been trying to weave around O.J. Simpson. State forensic expert Gary Sims testified about a second set of DNA tests conducted on blood found at the crime scene, in Simpson's Bronco and on the glove and socks discovered at Simpson's estate. Some samples, Sims said, matched Simpson's blood, others the blood of the victims, and still others that of all three. The defense again insinuated its scenario of tainted samples...