nA *rk- AA..,L,..r.,.. r"%-:t., AA.....J..,. 11, a..h.. ON A AP1C A - Me ivcnigan uaiy - Monday, uctooer 2,1995 Oj Simpson jury could vote from hearts LOS ANGELES (AP)-In the world of TV viewers-turned-legal-experts in the 0.1; Simpson case, the term "jury nullification" is not yet part of the jar- gon. 'Bt it could become familiar if jurors who begin deliberations today decide to vote from their hearts instead of their minds. "Jury nullification means going out- side the law, nullifying the law," Loyola University law Prof. Laurie Levenson said ofthe oldest legal concept in Ameri- can law, dating to 1670. "It says, 'We don't care about the evidence; our gut reaction is that this man should go free,"' she said. Ifthere was one thing that made pros- ecutor Marcia Clark furious in defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr.'s summa- tion last week, it was what she de- nounced as an "outrageous" demand for jury nullification. Jury nullification means going outside the law, nullifying the laiw." - Laurie Levenson Loyola University law professor "Some see this case as screaming out for jury nullification," Levenson said. "Certainly Johnnie Cochran is scream- ing for it when he asks them to send a message about racism. ... Johnnie is saying, 'Don't follow the instructions. Follow your hearts."' Cases which have resulted in jury nullification often involved political causes, civil disobedience or - an is- sue raised in the Simpson case - rac- ism. Historically, it was a tool used by Southern white juries to avoid convict- ing other whites who had lynched blacks, Levenson said. They ignored the facts and voted from prejudice - exactly what Judge Lance Ito told the Simpson jurors not to do. During the Vietnam War, lawyers rep- resenting protesters routinely called for jury nullification, suggesting the defen- dants were answering to a higher law. One of the earliest cases in which jurors defied the law was the 1670 un- lawful assembly trial of William Penn for organizing Quaker meetings. The jury was told by the judge that they could be jailed if they failed to convict. Nevertheless, they acquitted. In 1740, John Peter Zenger, pub- lisher of the New York Weekly Journal, was jailed on a charge of seditious libel for satirizing the king's appointed gov- ernor for the British colonies. His law- yer, Andrew Hamilton, argued for jury nullification and won. In a few states, jurors are given legal instructions about nullification, but California is not one of them. Perhaps the most troubling thing about jury nullification is that it is im- plied rather than stated. Anyone re- viewing the trial record would have no overt evidence that is what the jury did. The verdict would be "Not guilty," and the only way that jury nullification would become obvious would be if one or more jurors chose to state publicly that they had disregarded the evidence and voted for reasons outside the law. "It's contrary to everything you learned in civics class," Levenson said. "And yet it's very American. It says, 'No immoral law controls us. We're Americans.' "But in modern times, jury nullifica- tion sometimes has been known as payback." NATIONAL REPORT Dole may settle for smaller tax cut WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, expressing surprise at the opposition of some Republican conservatives, said yesterday he might have to give ground on the GOP plan to cut taxes by $245 billion. "There's been some indications even from conservative Republicans ... that maybe we shouldn't try to go all the way to $245 billion," Dole (R-Kan.) said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "Will it be $245 billion? I'm not certain at this point." But House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), speaking on ABC's "This Week With David Brinkley," noted that Dole and other Senate leaders had voted for the $245 billion cut and said, DOle "I think the Senate frankly is honor-bound to deliver on it." Gingrich said it would be "virtually impossible" to win House approval of a smaller cut. The tax-reduction plan, a cornerstone of House Republicans' "Contract With America," has been hammered by Democrats, who say Republicans are proposing cuts that mainly benefit the well-off at the same time they are slashing social programs and promoting steep cuts in the growth of Medicare and Medicaid. Send Anyone/Anywhere A THIS WEDNESDAY .AF30 ITle TCPLUME"tDAVE flAkIIC DADTV A Fresh Alternative to Flowers 1 Americans bet on booming Las Vegas WASHINGTON - More people are betting on Las Vegas for jobs and af- fordable housing than any other metro- politan area in the country. The Census Bureau reports that the area around the neon-washed center of America's gambling industry grew fast- est in the nation between 1990 and 1994 -jumping 26 percent in population, to more than 1 million. Overall metropolitan-area population increased by 9.6 million, or 4.9 percent, and the areas were home to nearly 80 percent of U.S. residents. Population growth outside these areas was 2 mil- lion, or 3.9 percent. The Las Vegas metro area's popula- tion climbed from 852,646 to 1,076,267. All of the fastest-growing metropoli- tan areas are in the South or West, with Laredo and the McAllen-Edinburg-Mis- sion areas of Texas being the second- and third-fastest-growing regions, re- spectively. The 10 most rapidly declining cities with populations greater than 100,000 were in New England, with Hartford, Conn., experiencing the largest decline of any during the period. Following were New Haven, Conn.; Providence, R.I.; Bridgeport, Conn.; and Waterbury, Conn. Detroit plane lands in Belgum instead of Germany WASHINGTON - A Northwest Airlines jumbo jet, bound for Ger- many from Detroit, landed by mistake in Belgium early last month, and the Federal Ayiation Administration is in- vestigating how European air traffic controllers misdirected the plane and why the crew failed to notice until just before landing. The investigation into how the Frankfurt-bound plane landed 200 miles away in Brussels so far has traced a trail of missed opportunities to redi- rect the flight, including the reluctance of flight attendants to contact the cock- pit crew when they and the 241 passen- gers clearly saw the path the plane was taking on electronic map displays in the cabin. Order By Phne E1-800-3 3-Bottle MONDAY: $20 PITCHERS " MOE FROM NEW YORK CITY THURSDAY: BROTHER RABBIT $ l" BOTTLES MOLSON ICE 1i Great For All Occasions See Sports Monday Insert Michigan Mondays! 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Cigarette ad ban struck down in Canada TORONTO-Canada's law prohib- iting virtually all tobacco advertising has been junked by the Supreme Court and government regulators are contem- plating new, less-comprehensive restric- tions. But the question persists: Did the ad ban do much to curtail smoking in Canada? An examination of the Canadian ex- perience offers potential lessons for the Clinton administration as it gets tough on tobacco companies in America. Links between ad restrictions and smoking reductions are, experts note, hazy. The Canadian ad ban was part of a comprehensive government anti- smoking campaign that began in the 1980s. It also has included high taxes on tobacco products, boldly printed health warnings on packages, a near- prohibition on cigarette vending ma- chines and limits on smoking in pub- lic places. Besides the ad ban, the decision struck down required health warnings on pack- aging and restrictions on tobacco com- pany sponsorships of sporting events, cultural festivals, fireworks shows and other activities. The Clinton administration has pro- posed even stronger restrictions on sports sponsorships than was the case in Canada. Britian goes metric; ounds are out, ograms are in LONDON - So your boss, like Shakespeare's merchant Shylock, zeal- ously demands his 0.45 kilograms of flesh? Beware: give him 2.54 centime- ters and he'll take 1.6 kilometers. Alas, such phrases could be in Britain's future. After more than nine centuries of pounds, inches and gal- lons, the sceptred isle is obeying a European Union decree and going metric. It's the biggest cultural change in Britain since it abandoned shillings and pennies for a decimal currency 25 years ago. Traditionalists are aghast. "Has anyone given a thought to the English language after today?" wailed The Sunday Telegraph. 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