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  • October 2008

    • Jurors: Secret Tapes Sank OJ

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 6, 08 8:22 AM CDT

      Jurors: Secret Tapes Sank OJ

      (Newser) - It was OJ Simpson’s own words—caught on secret recording—that sealed his fate, jurors told the media yesterday. The defense succeeded in discrediting the prosecution’s witnesses, they said, but the tapes, on which Simpson can be heard planning and carrying out the robbery, were key in their Friday verdict to convict him, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      trial  • OJ Simpson  • celebrity trials  • jury  • jury selection  • tape

    • Jury Out on OJ Case

      Las Vegas Sun  |  Oct 3, 08 2:15 AM CDT

      Jury Out on OJ Case

      (Newser) - The jury in the OJ Simpson armed robbery case begins deliberations today as the former football star faces the possibility of life behind bars for the second time. Simpson, 61, has been charged with 12 robbery, weapons and kidnapping charges linked to a confrontation with a sports memorabilia dealer in a Las Vegas hotel room. More »

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      kidnapping  • OJ Simpson  • celebrity trials  • robbery  • sports memorabilia  • jury  • criminal trial

    • Judge Sends Stevens Jury Home, May Declare Mistrial

      Associated Press  |  Oct 2, 08 11:34 AM CDT

      Judge Sends Stevens Jury Home, May Declare Mistrial

      (Newser) - A federal judge sent the jury in Ted Stevens’ Washington corruption trial home today as he considers declaring a mistrial for the Alaska senator, the AP reports. Stevens’ lawyers claimed that prosecutors attempted to withhold FBI reports about the government’s key witness, former oil exec Bill Allen, that they say would’ve helped their defense. More »

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      Alaska  • corruption  • Ted Stevens  • corruption charges  • jury  • mistrial  • Bill Allen  • prosecutors  • Big Oil  • VECO

  • September 2008

    • OJ's Past Will Be Elephant in Courtroom

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT

      OJ's Past Will Be Elephant in Courtroom

      (Newser) - If he gets an impartial jury, it’s possible “OJ’s going to walk again,” one trial consultant says of the armed-robbery case starting today in a Las Vegas courtroom. But finding an impartial jury is nigh-impossible when it comes to Orenthal James Simpson. Simpson’s double-murder case is bound to influence the most even-minded of jurors. "The question is: Is this case going to be decided on OJ's baggage or the facts and evidence of the case?" More »

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      trial  • OJ Simpson  • celebrity trials  • armed robbery  • jury

  • June 2008

    • Why R. Kelly Was Acquitted

      Time  |  Jun 14, 08 7:45 AM CDT

      Why R. Kelly Was Acquitted

      (Newser) - Jurors in the R. Kelly trial say it was the lack of testimony from the alleged victim—or  her parents—that swayed them towards acquittal, Time reports. One juror said he was sure it was Kelly in the sex tape at the heart of the case, but wasn't convinced of the girl's identity. And jurors said the R. Kelly mole that was the object of endless hours of testimony was a non-issue: "The mole played more of a role for the press. It never came up in deliberations." Five of the jurors had been ready to convict at one point. More »

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      Chicago  • child pornography  • R. Kelly  • jury  • acquittal

  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • August 2007

    • Juror No. 1 Is a 10

      BBC  |  Aug 10, 07 2:01 PM CDT

      Juror No. 1 Is a 10

      (Newser) - Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt showed up for jury duty in Los Angeles after a judge ordered him to serve or be slapped with contempt charges, the BBC reports, drawing on a series of breathless updates by TMZ.com. Luckily for the busy actor, yesterday's trial ended immediately after a no contest plea to drunk driving charges. More »

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      Los Angeles  • Hollywood  • actor  • Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • jury  • juror  • jury duty

    • Spector Jurors Try Out Victim’s Chair

      Washington Post  |  Aug 10, 07 1:37 PM CDT

      Spector Jurors Try Out Victim’s Chair

      (Newser) - Jurors in Phil Spector’s murder trial got the full re-enactment experience in a trip to the record producer’s house yesterday, slumping back and playing dead in a replica of the chair where actress Lana Clarkson died. The field trippers asked permission to explore the case’s fine points firsthand, the Washington Post reports; the judge denied them makeshift gun pops. More »

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      murder  • trial  • jury  • Phil Spector  • Lana Clarkson

    • Hizzoner Heads for Jury Duty

      Newsday  |  Aug 6, 07 5:39 AM CDT

      Hizzoner Heads for Jury Duty

      (Newser) - In New York, even the best connections won't get you out of jury duty. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is reporting to court today, noting that the 8:45 a.m. start gives him an extra hour to sleep or catch up on his "to-read" list. "Doctors, architects, nurses, and day care workers serve on jury duty. Why not mayors?" his spokesman asked. More »

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      New York City  • Michael Bloomberg  • court  • mayor  • jury  • juror  • jury duty

  • June 2007

    • No-Name Jury Awaits Chicago Mob Trial

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jun 19, 07 5:07 PM CDT

      No-Name Jury Awaits Chicago Mob Trial

      (Newser) - Five elderly men accused of running the Chicago mob go on trial this week before a jury of their peers—but the defendants and their lawyers won't know the names of those peers. The Chicago Tribune explores the issue of juror anonymity as a federal court begins assembling a panel of people who will be known only by numbers. More »

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      Chicago  • trial  • federal courts  • mob  • jury  • anonymous  • Family Secrets

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