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Plaintiffs' lawyers learn from criminal trial errors
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. With the gift of hindsight, plaintiff
lawyers pursuing O.J. Simpson for wrongful death are dodging land
mines that exploded for prosecutors in Simpson's criminal trial.
The legal battle on behalf of the families of Nicole Brown
Simpson and Ronald Goldman has been an often powerful campaign to
portray Simpson as a killer.
Remember Brian "Kato" Kaelin, Mark Fuhrman and Rosa Lopez?
Don't expect any encore appearances.
"This case is being tried from 20-20 hi...
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Simpson civil trial takes different path Plaintiffs benefit from shift in rules, judge's approach
The Boston Globe
; SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The tale of two O. J. Simpson trials, criminal and civil, is demonstrating vividly that history can be rewritten. A team of plaintiffs' lawyers, although faced with the same facts that stymied criminal prosecutors, has been able to craft a more powerful and potentially
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O.J.'s civil trial will be whole new ballgame
Chicago Sun-Times
; SANTA MONICA, Calif. The facts are the same: O.J. Simpson is accused of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. But there are some critical differences. Judge Lance Ito is absent, the rules have changed, the setting is different and the jury composition is likely
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Foes find Simpson's Achilles' heel Plaintiffs' lawyers learned from long criminal trial that les is more
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; The tale of two O.J. Simpson trials, criminal and civil, is demonstrating vividly that history can be rewritten. A team of plaintiffs' lawyers, although stuck with the same facts that stymied criminal prosecutors, has been able to craft a more powerful and potentially incriminating scenario. Why
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SECOND TIME AROUND Simpson can't take Fifth Amendment this time Expect testimony from defendant, others not included at criminal trial
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; In the civil Sequel of the Century, one witness dwarfs all others. Mum during the criminal trial, save for a few remarks away from the jury and some glove-demonstration murmurings in front of the jury, O.J. Simpson will take the stand in the second trial. His acquittal negates any Fifth Amendment
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Start of O.J. Simpson's civil trial brings out gawkers, onlookers -- again.
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; SANTA MONICA, Calif. _ Sharon Purvis remains so fixated on the O.J. Simpson case that she drove 33 hours from Louisville to attend the opening of his civil trial. As the 49-year-old housewife stood on the lawn outside the courthouse while the judge ruled on a series of procedural motions on
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