Finally, the end appeared to be in sight: the O.J. Simpson civil trial had been handed over to the jury. Then suddenly, some 14 hours into deliberations, a flurry of strange problems arose, delaying and threatening to derail the four-month-old trial.
The first indication that something was amiss came Thursday, when Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki called two jurors into chambers to question them about letters sent to them by Brenda Moran and Gina Rhodes Rossborough, two jurors in the Simpson criminal trial. The letters offered moral support and touted the services of a particular media agent. Fujisaki immediately launched an investigation into...
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