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Of a brain tumor. now kyra phillips has the stories of some other famous faces from that trial. this is interstate 5. police believe that o.j. simpson is in that car. reporter: it s been 20 years since nfl hall of famer o.j. simpson led police on a low speed chase that unfolded live on national television. all along sunset boulevard there are people stopped as well ahead of the chase. reporter: what followed transfixed millions of viewers and was dubbed the trial of the century. and it became a national obsession because it was a perfect storm of media, 24-hour cable news, celebrity, murder, a beautiful woman, a young man with so much promise, killed in such a personal way. i m jim moran in los angeles. reporter: jim moret covered the phenomenon for cnn. the o.j. simpson murder case ....
Ratings you can undercut that long-term credibility. so when people say there s important things at play here like the danger of drag racing, that s pretty legitimate or not? i mean, it s a story. look, i m a tv critic. my career is premised on the idea that, you know, pop culture entertainments actually are important. and i think there are. i think there was cultural value to the miley cyrus twerking story when everybody was talking about it. there were actual cultural signifiers being played with and where is society going and so forth. the question is it s a story. but it s not the story. it s a celebrity dui. you know, it was not the o.j. simpson murder case. i think i agree with greta van zest ren wrote on her blog, let s put it up on screen. she said watch for those in the media who cover justin bieber by doing segments about how awful the media is covering justin bieber. that s the oldest trick in the book. that s exactly what anchors do when they want the celebrity rat ....
Person carolyn schuyler this way veteran irs employee 25 years. strong track record examine and management issues. the irs commissioner hinted at change of the irs speedy but would happen. make determinations that there are individuals, because of their mismanagement practices in this case can no longer hold positions of public trust at the irs. those reviews are ongoing again, fair, thorough but expeed yent. in terms of the personnel shovel stephan miller was allowed to retire after the scandal broke. lois lerner who took the fifth on capitol hill and then refused to resign was on paid administrative leave. two more staffers on leave for ethics violations for 4-million-dollar an mime conference. and a washington irs lawyer who oversaw cincinnati employees scrutinizing conservative groups according to the national review is expected to retire, megyn. megyn: so he is gone. ....
Look at it, isn t it kind of a pathetic state of affairs when we put the race composition of a jury before the evidence in a case and we case, and we talk about, well, if we have a predominantly black jury, then the chances of conviction are good. if we have predominantly white jury, then the chances of conviction are remote. and you lock at this case, this is a very hard case to prosecute. i think we see the underlying reasons why we re in this position. and as certainly george zimm zimmerman is not without fault, but certainly can be prosecute this case or are you creating something to disappoint the really uninformed audience, whether it doesn t matter what race they are, the uninformed audience that doesn t understand the law enforcement investigatory or judicial system in so much as what you can and ....
They are now trying to seat a jury of six with four alternates from a jury pool of 500 potential jurors. legal experts are likely being questioned about race, about guns, about how much media exposure they have had in this case. the overall jury questionnaire is private. keep in mind, 11% of seminole county s population is black vs. 16% statewide. it s possible there won t be any black jurors on this case. as far as the trial, no one disputes that george zimmerman shot travon martin. zimmerman s attorney will argue that his client was in fear for his life and has the scars to prove it it prosecutors try to prove that zimmerman profiled travon martin and stopped him and then shot him. one of the biggest pieces of evidence might be the 911 call where someone is screaming in the background. listen. okay. does he look hurt to you. [screaming] i can t see him. i don t want to go out there. i don t know what s going on. ....