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...Simpson Case...
Some writers are born with a theme, some acquire a theme, and some have a theme thrust upon them. But however writers come by it, their great subject provides a surge of intensity to their work that no other material can. The novels of Mona Simpson, for example, go electric as soon as she touches on the figure of a mother; Amy Tan's fiction reaches its heights the minute she turns to China. For Tim O'Brien, who deferred his admission as a graduate student at Harvard in order to serve in Vietnam, the elemental theme is his experience...
...Simpson may be far more distraught than his placid -- almost bored -- expression under Court TV's headlamp shows. On Wednesday, defense attorney Johnnie Cochran asked Ito to let his client speak briefly about whether he could get a fair trial. Simpson started talking about the infamous June 17 low-speed chase on a Los Angeles freeway in which he, riding in a white Ford Bronco, was trailed by several squad cars from the Los Angeles police. Growing increasingly agitated, Simpson reportedly said: "Mrs. Clark -- Ms. Clark -- said I was trying to run . . . Everyone knows that I called my father...
Judge Lance Ito today blocked the press from covering jury selection in the O.J. Simpson murder case, at least until prospective jurors are questioned about pre-trial publicity. Citing unprecedented press coverage, Ito said the press could return to his court on Wednesday once that line of juror questioning is over. Transcripts of the "closed" sessions will be released when a jury is impaneled. Attorneys for media organizations are studying the ruling before deciding whether to file an appeal, but a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union immediately called Ito's courtroom a "star chamber...
...Murray said when he and Nesson decided to structure the course around the Simpson case "we never imagined an opportunity for the students to become involved...