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...going for it -- a realistic set, a good supporting cast complete with a couch potato who times his life by reruns of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, waiters with ponytails and exotic accents, a lost dog and two grieving families. Still, persuading a juror who doubts that O.J. Simpson could be a monster capable of buying a 15- in. stiletto (requesting that it be extra sharp) and then plunging it into the bodies of two people will be harder than convincing the public that Donna Reed could preside over the machinations at South Fork...
...became more formidable as the hearing wore on. By Thursday afternoon, Simpson had lost the bored stare of a man stunned to find himself in such low company and reverted to type. Off suicide watch, he wore a conservative tie, smiled at the bailiffs, and took notes as if he were at a Hertz board meeting. When the defense showed a picture of Nicole's body, he closed his eyes, sighed deeply, covered his face and took a sip of water. To his supporters, it must have been a touching moment. Others may have found his | aggrieved widower as overplayed...
...Menendez brothers, who admitted to slaughtering their parents and were unknown before their trial, can be made human enough to deadlock two juries, the prosecution has its work cut out for it. Much of the public thinks it already knows Simpson from his role of good guy. In a celebrity-struck culture, it will be fascinating to see if the prosecution can show that the public didn't know this man at all. They only knew the one he played...
...Simpson Case...
Televised live and nationwide, court proceedings to determine whether there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson for murdering his ex-wife and her friend got under way. Simpson's attorney Robert Shapiro immediately mounted an aggressive defense, asking that key pieces of evidence be suppressed because, he claimed, they were improperly seized by police. Prosecutors obtained judicial permission to get 40 to 100 hairs from Simpson in order to compare them scientifically with strands found in a cap at the murder scene, and a Los Angeles store employee testified that he sold a 15-in. knife to Simpson...