Simpson Murder Case : High Court Calls
The Court TV network said Thursday it may interrupt its wall-to-wall coverage of the O.J. Simpson hearings next week to show key parts of the confirmation proceedings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Stephen G. Breyer. The cable network said that Breyer’s appearance is “just plain more important than a half-hour or hour of a two-week preliminary hearing in a murder case.”
Brentwood Profile
For the record:
12:00 a.m. July 9, 1994 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday July 9, 1994 Home Edition Part A Page 4 Column 1 National Desk 1 inches; 29 words Type of Material: Correction
Brentwood Profile--Demographic information for Brentwood included in a chart in Friday editions was incorrect. Due to a research error, the data presented was for the Northern California city of Brentwood.
Here is how the community of Brentwood, the site of the slyaings, compares to Los Angeles as a whole:
Brentwood L.A. Population 7,563 3.5 million Median family income $44,395 $34,364 living in poverty 9.6% 18.9% College graduates 14% 23%
Source: U.S. Census
Voice
“We had all the confidence that those detectives knew what they were doing. But you just don’t know in these courts--you can’t take anything to the bank. Nothing’s a gimme.”
--Detective Jim Barry, reacting to decision to uphold prosecution evidence
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