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Review: "The Brass Verdict" by Michael Connelly
Bloomberg NewsTHE BRASS VERDICT, by Michael Connelly. Little, Brown, 422 pp., $26.99. In hard-boiled crime fiction, Perry Mason has always been the exception that proves the rule. Defense lawyers are so routinely depicted as shysters and sleazebags that Michael...Tags: Michael Connelly, Prosecution, Justice System, Los Angeles, Lawyers
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Ryan O'Neal, son arrested
Authorities say they have arrested actor Ryan O'Neal and his son on suspicion of having drugs in their Malibu home. Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says authorities went to O'Neal's home yesterday morning for a check on his son,...Tags: Frankie Avalon, Punishment, Los Angeles, James Gandolfini, Celebrity
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Christian Brando, son of Marlon Brando, Dies
Christian Brando, the troubled son of legendary actor Marlon Brando, who made headlines in 1990 when he was arrested in the shooting death of his half-sister's boyfriend, died early Saturday. He was 49. Brando died from complications of pneumonia at...Tags: Marlon Brando, Court Administration, Punishment, Justice System, Los Angeles
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MOVIES
PREMIUM CABLE "DICK" *** 6:25 p.m., Showtime President Nixon wants to keep an eye on two ditsy teenage girls who might have witnessed the Watergate break-in, so he hires them as his dog walkers. Of course, that means they're hanging around the White...Tags: Government, Kirsten Dunst, Movies, Michelle Williams, Richard Nixon
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$30 million wrongful-death judgment against Robert Blake cut
AP Special CorrespondentAn appeals court upheld a verdict finding Robert Blake liable for his wife's 2001 death but cut the $30 million jury award in half. The 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected the actor's argument of juror misconduct, including complaints that they...Tags: Court Administration, O.J. Simpson, Crimes, Michael Jackson, Justice System
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Defense may call Hollywood madam in Spector trial
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA convicted Hollywood madam has been subpoenaed to testify at the murder trial of Phil Spector, signaling a possible shift in tactics by the defense, which had promised not to "besmirch" slain actress Lana Clarkson. Defense attorneys told the jury during...Tags: Court Administration, Country Music, Justice System, Phil Spector, West Hollywood
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Treading on sacred ground
STAFF WRITERJesus wears a seat belt. He's cruising down the street of a leafy suburb north of New York City in the car of an Episcopal priest who'd otherwise be talking to himself. But no, this driver shares his gripes about modern life with the passenger beside him...Tags: Church and State Relations, Gang Activity, Merlin Olsen, Fulton J Sheen, NBC
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Dance to freedom in fame's shoes
Alert to parents everywhere: Michael Jackson is free to baby-sit again. Apparently, we are never going to convict a celebrity of anything. O.J. walked. Puffy walked. Kobe walked. Robert Blake walked, too. And now the King of Pop-Your-Innocence has...Tags: Sexual Assault, Celebrity Mothers, Crimes, Michael Jackson, Prosecution
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Not guilty, but is he innocent?
STAFF CORRESPONDENTMichael Jackson may have been acquitted, but if jurors' words are anything to go by, he was not exonerated. In posttrial comments, several hinted - and some said bluntly - that they suspected he had indeed molested children. Faced with instructions to...Tags: Crimes, Prosecution, Michael Jackson, Justice System, Witnesses
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Robert Blake cleared of murder
STAFF WRITERTough-guy actor Robert Blake, a cigarette dangling from his lips, walked out of a Los Angeles courthouse a free man Wednesday after a jury acquitted him of shooting his wife to death four years ago. "I never lost hope," Blake told reporters."If you...Tags: Mental Illness, Crimes, Prosecution, Justice System, Trials
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Little motive, plenty doubt
STAFF WRITERRobert Blake may have hated his wife, seen her as a sleazy grifter who used a pregnancy to sucker him into a marriage for his money. Prosecutors had plenty of evidence of that. But motive wasn't enough. That was the verdict from legal experts Wednesday,...Tags: Prosecution, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Justice System, Witnesses, Los Angeles
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