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...Jackson's Neverland Ranch as a child expressed disgust at discrimination lawsuits brought against local restaurants by a disabled man. Jury consultant Sarah Murray thought that could presage a lack of sympathy for Jackson's accuser. That juror is "somebody who doesn't like it when people play the victim," says Murray. Another potential obstacle for the prosecution is a self-assured great-grandmother, 79, who proclaims herself a "Jeopardy freak" and a fan of her grandchildren's attempts at moonwalking. "If she's a rock in the middle of the jury who refuses to move and everything...
...made for cute: the clear blue eyes, the chipmunk cheeks, the giant smile on the pixie face. And yet Dakota Fanning takes on roles that Max von Sydow would find too dark: the daughter losing her retarded father in I Am Sam with Sean Penn in 2001; a kidnapping victim in last year's Man on Fire with Denzel Washington; a horror story about a girl with an imaginary friend in January's Hide and Seek with Robert De Niro; a kid running from aliens in this summer's Steven Spielberg movie War of the Worlds. It will...
...million, is a lifeline for war-torn women in eight countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Colombia, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. The organization picks up where humanitarian aid leaves off. "We work with women as they get out of the refugee tent--out of the victim stage--and help them become survivors and active citizens," Salbi says...
...respondent is never allowed in the same room with the victim. This means, as Silversmith points out, that the accused is not allowed to confront the accuser...
...she’s accomplished getting their attention,” says Amal M. Bass, who lives on Morrisey’s floor and was the victim of the latest peeping incident in December. “Now they’re listening...