Anatomy of a Trial: Public Loss, Lessons Learned from The People vs. O.J. Simpson

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Notes    Introduction 1. Gary Hengstler (director, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media),interview by author,August 2,2007;Jon Bruschke andWilliam E.Loges,Free Press vs. Fair Trials: Examining Publicity’s Role in Trial Outcomes (Philadelphia: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003). 2. “Simpson’s Trial and the Rush to Reform,” editorial, Judicature 79, no. 2 (September–October 1995): 56, 57; “The Media, the Courts, and the Public,” editorial , Judicature 83, no. 2 (September–October 1999): 48; “Public Trust and Confidence in the Courts: A National Conference and Beyond,” Court Review 36, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 4–5, 17, 50;“Public Understanding of and Support for the Courts: 2007 Annenberg Public Policy Center Judicial Survey Results,” Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania (accessed October 17, 2007) www. annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org;“Perception of the U.S. Justice System,”American Bar Association, 1999 (accessed 2007) www.abanet.org/media/perception/perceptions .pdf; Fred Graham (senior editor,Court TV),interview by author,February 23, 2007. 3.Erwin Chemerinsky (Duke UniversityAlston & Bird Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, founding dean, University of California, Irvine, Law School), interview by author, April 1, 2007. 4. California Rules of Court, Rule 980, July 1, 1984 (revised January 1, 1997, renumbered 1.150 January 1, 2007); Ryan Keith, “Illinois One of Few States to Bar Trial Taping,” Associated Press, September 17, 2005; Molly Treadway Johnson and Carol Krafka,“Electronic Media Coverage of Federal Civil Proceedings: An Evaluation of the Pilot Program in Six District Courts and Two Courts of Appeals,”United States,Federal Judicial Center,1994; Fred Graham,Statement before the Conference of Chief Justices, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 31, 2003; Fred Graham, “Television, Celebrity and the Law” (John Marshall Harlan Lecture, University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2005); Robert Benzie,“Ontario Court 219 of Appeal Cameras to Broadcast Live Online,” Star, Toronto, Canada, September 5, 2007; Joshua Rozenberg,“TV Cameras in Court Start Filming ThisWeek”Telegraph, www.telegraph.co.uk, London, England, November 17, 2004; Doreen Carvajal, “Internet Site Provides Access to Inner-sanctum of Spain’s ‘Trial of the Century,’” International Herald, February 18, 2007. 5. Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Courts and the Media, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, www.courtsandmedia.org. 6.Graham,Statement before the Conference of Chief Justices; Graham,“Television , Celebrity and the Law”; Mark Curridan (conference panelist), “From O. J. to Martha to Michael:What Have We Learned about the Conduct and Coverage of Trials ?” Donald W. Reynolds Center for Courts and Media, National Judicial College, October 9–11, 2005); Rodney Melville, message to “First Amendment and Media Issues for Judges”class, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media, May 11, 2005. 7.Matt Krasnowski,“Phil Spector Case to Begin Monday,”Copley News Service, March 17, 2007. 8.“Famed Rock Producer’s Murder Trial to be Televised,”Associated Press, February 19, 2007. 9.“Judge Allows Cameras at Phil Spector Trial,”Reuters, March 17, 2007. 10.Linda Deutsch (special correspondent,Associated Press),interview by author, July 5, 2007. 11. Larry Elder,“The Good Times of Johnnie Cochran,” Creators Syndicate Inc., June 15, 2000. 12. “The O. J. Verdict,” Frontline, Public Broadcasting Service, October 4, 2005. 13. Ibid. 14. Author’s notes, August 9 and 19, 1994. 15. Ray Richmond, “Nearly 100% of TVs Being Used in L.A. Tuned In For Verdict ,” Daily News of Los Angeles, October 5,1995; Lee Margulies,“Huge TV Audience Saw Trial Climax,”Los Angeles Times, October 5,1995; Kathleen Dougherty,“On Just About Every Corner, All Eyes Fixed on Televisions,” Daily Breeze, Torrance, California , October 4, 1995. 16. Http://workingreporter.com/ojpage.html. Chapter 1 1.Victor E.Chavez (presiding judge,1999–2000,Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles), interview by author, November 16, 2007. 2. James A. Bascue (presiding judge, 2001–2002, Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles), interview by author, November 15, 2007. 3. Nick Sloan, “Memories of the O. J. Simpson Trial,” Kansan, October 7, 2005. 4. Public Admonishment of Judge Judith C. Chirlin, State of California Commission on Judicial Performance, August 28, 1995. 220 Notes 5.“Sheppard v. Maxwell,Warden, 384 U.S. 333 (1966) U.S. Supreme Court, Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 490, argued February 28, 1966, decided June 6, 1966. 6.Lance A.Ito (judge,Superior Court of...