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...system that has not worked very well for African Americans throughout our history seemed to work on that day [when the jury delivered its verdict]," he said...
...criminals and store owners still follow black shoppers in fear that they will be shoplifted. What is the purpose of affirmative action if black people think they are locked out of a racist job market? And why is it that white people and black people still look at the verdict in the Simpson murder trial as if they lived on two different planets? The Civil Rights movement has not failed in its mission to give more opportunities in life to black people, but it has failed in its attempt to eradicate racial perceptions, one of its central purposes...
Abramson is battling for a verdict of manslaughter. "We're not going to get up and say you must acquit because the gloves don't fit," she said during her opening argument. If she succeeds, the brothers, who have been in jail nearly six years, may have already done much of their time. But if Conn manages to convince the seven male and five female jurors that the murders were premeditated--whether motivated by fear, as the defense contends, or greed--then the verdict will be first-degree murder, with a possible sentence of death. He will tell the jury...
...MONTHS OF THE O.J. SIMPson Show, one might think TV viewers had finally had enough. But the news last week that Simpson would do his first post-trial interview--for an hour on NBC Wednesday night--sparked more frenzied anticipation than anything since ...well, since the announcement of the verdict in his double-murder trial one week earlier. This time, however, the suspense culminated in a gigantic letdown. On Wednesday morning, less than eight hours before he was scheduled to be questioned by Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric, Simpson canceled...
...have no such incentive to settle. If either case goes to trial, it will be held in mostly white Santa Monica, California. The standard of proof is lower in civil cases--the jury assesses guilt or innocence based on a "preponderance of the evidence" rather than "reasonable doubt." A verdict requires only nine of 12 jurors, not unanimity. Also, says Gillers, "his opponents can force Simpson to be deposed. They can use all of the evidence the state collected. All they need is the money to wage the battle." That might be forthcoming. The Goldmans have been deluged with offers...