However long the O.J. Simpson proceedings drag on, some bedeviling questions may never be answered. One important unknown, however, has always been guaranteed a resolution, even before the opening bell of the trial. To wit: Would the prosecution, rolling high, try for the death penalty, or would it lower the stakes -- and possibly raise the chances of conviction -- by demanding mere life imprisonment?
On Friday Simpson's lawyers heard the verdict. In a letter to attorneys Robert Shapiro and Johnnie Cochran Jr., Assistant District Attorney Frank Sunstedt explained that after "consideration of all available aggravating and mitigating . . ....
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