Thank you, your Honor. The reason I wanted to approach is I think we should be permitted to play--there are certain portions of the tape which I think are now open that deal with Men Against Women. My colleagues are telling me we can find it. That is fair, from the question, and what we have been talking about dealing with Men Against Women and cover-ups. And to the extent that is in there, I would like an opportunity to do that. I'm not trying to delay. I think we should be able to rule--that if you don't rule all of it, then that portion that relates to cover-ups, Men Against Women, and I would like an opportunity to do it.
I want to try to do it. So we don't delay it, I could put Hodge on right after this, and it is going to be very limited, by the way, and then could I bring her back if I do find that, if you will permit us to do so. We can do it and have over the lunch hour to do that.
You issued an order related to McKinny, written order. You issued an order today regarding cover-ups. None of it has been followed, not one iota in no manner, no way, no how. Where are we going now? Where are we going now? You know, there is supposed to be rules followed by both sides so that counsel knows, you know how, to plan a case, how to examine witnesses. All these rules seem to be getting thrown out the door, Judge. You just limited him supposedly to a passage and a transcript, but now we have gone into Mark Fuhrman and cover-ups and how male officers--female officers won't cover-up for male officers and all this other nonsense. Okay. I mean, where is 352? Okay? None of this has any probative value. It is--shut this down and get this witness out of here. I mean, have you watched the jury? Have you watched their faces as all these epithets roll off of Mr. Bailey's tongue and Mr. Cochran's and everybody else's? At some point, you know, we get to the point where we are not getting a fair trial.
KEY QUOTEI would like that opportunity, your Honor. This is nothing we opened up. They opened it up.
Well, no. Mr. Cochran, it is not an issue that you didn't open it up. That was a nonresponsive answer.
No. The question to Miss McKinny was did you stop him from using the "N" word? And then she goes on to say that she gratuitously tosses in this cover-up stuff.
KEY QUOTEJudge, when you have a "Why" question, why didn't you stop him, why didn't you do this, it opens up.
Mr. Cochran, excuse me. Forgive me for interrupting you, but the reason I'm doing that, what I'm going to suggest we do is finish your redirect that you have now.
We will hit the lunch hour shortly, in any event. Over the lunch hour you can find your excerpt.
We will look at it. If she is still available, if it is an appropriate section, you can recall her. If not, we will move on.
Okay. So we save some time, I will say something like when I finish "No further questions." If they have further questions, I would like to move to the next witness so we won't lose any time on that, but I will say "No further questions at this time" so I will have that opportunity.
If she returns after lunch I will impeach her with her love letters to Mark Fuhrman.
KEY QUOTEWe got into this problem because we are chasing down issues that have nothing to do with this trial. If Mr. Simpson is acquitted just because Mark Fuhrman uttered an epithet, well, then there is no justice, Judge.
You issued an order related to McKinny, written order. You issued an order today regarding cover-ups. None of it has been followed, not one iota in no manner, no way, no how.
If Mr. Simpson is acquitted just because Mark Fuhrman uttered an epithet, well, then there is no justice, Judge.
If she returns after lunch I will impeach her with her love letters to Mark Fuhrman.
The question to Miss McKinny was did you stop him from using the 'N' word? And then she goes on to say that she gratuitously tosses in this cover-up stuff.
We are there.