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	Lance Ito, Biography, O.J. Simpson Trial
		Lance Ito once worked as a Los Angeles district attorney and, at the time of the Simpson trial, was married to one of the LAPD's top officials.
		Later, however, Ito was widely criticized as a poor courtroom manager, allowing far too many side-bars, stalls and delay tactics to exist in his court.
		Ito often invited celebrities into his chambers for a visit, and even once privately told Larry King, of CNN's Larry King Live, how he was going to rule on the his decision regarding the admissibility of Simpson's prior domestice violence evidence.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Ito.htm (268 words)

	Lance Ito Biography \| World of Criminal Justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ito, who formerly had enjoyed accolades in his career, became the subject of widespread criticism for his handling of the trial, especially for its circus atmosphere.
		Although Ito initially dismissed half the charges against Keating, the defendant was convicted on 17 counts, and the judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
		Ito's controversial decision to admit television cameras into the courtroom resulted in unprecedented coverage of a high-profile criminal case.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/lance-ito-cri (516 words)

	Judicial Profile
		The experience of Ito’s parents and the strength of their Japanese culture had a profound influence on Ito, whose fame was not limited to a mere 15 minutes.
		Ito is especially proud, he says, of a piece of legislation he wrote that protects animals that also are considered public servants.
		Ito says it was all pretty overwhelming at the time, but he’s gotten over it and gotten on with his life.
	www.donray.com /LanceIto.htm (2618 words)

	New York Daily News - College - Dick Weiss: Ito is Knight in shining armor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ito found out what it was like to be in demand when he was walking down College Ave.
		Ito liked the idea of playing for Schiano, but he struggled at first with his new surroundings when he arrived for summer school after graduation.
		Ito has been there when the Knights needed him, but against Louisville, he actually shanked his first attempt at the go-ahead field goal, sending a 33-yarder wide left, but got a rare second chance when a Cardinal player jumped offside.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/college/story/471761p-397024c.html (695 words)

	COURTTV.COM - TRIALS - O.J. Simpson: Week-by-week
		O.J. Simpson asked Judge Lance Ito for permission to speak with jurors before his attorney's opening statement and to show jurors his scars, injuries and physical limitations while attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr.
		But as the trial finally got underway, Judge Lance Ito suddenly pulled the plug on live coverage after Court TV inadvertently televised the face of an alternate juror.
		The prosecution asked Judge Lance Ito to strike from the record certain remarks made by defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran during his opening statement Wednesday and to instruct the jury to disregard the comments.
	www.courttv.com /trials/ojsimpson/weekly/01.html (826 words)

	CNN O.J. Simpson Trial News: Ito steps aside on Fuhrman tapes issue
		Ito announced Tuesday he is turning those matters over to another judge, estimating it would take the new judge 7 to 10 days to come up to speed with the Simpson case.
		Ito had been scheduled to rule on the admissibility of the tapes until he was informed Monday by the prosecution that among Fuhrman's remarks, are disparaging comments about Ito's wife, Capt.Margaret York of the Los Angeles Police Dept. Ito said he was worried about appearances should he decide to stay on as judge.
		Ito said if the prosecution wanted to call his wife, he would have to decide on her materiality and if she is called he would have to excuse himself.
	edition.cnn.com /US/OJ/daily/8-15/pm/index.html (1215 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Lance Ito
		Lance Allan Ito (born August 2, 1952 in Los Angeles, California).
		Ito became familiar to American television viewers when he presided over the 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson at which Simpson was acquitted.
		Ito was chosen because of his Japanese origins.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Lance_Ito (315 words)

	Ito - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Judge Lance Ito remains on O.J. Simpson trial.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
		Ito Recuses Himself on Tapes Ruling; Detective in Simpson Case Disparaged Judge's Wife in Interview
		Ito's fairness doctrine: how his parents' World War II internment shaped his life in the law.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ito.html (246 words)

	Lance Ito Becomes TV’s Most-Watched Judge
		Simpson, was assigned to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito.
		Ito was among those attending the 1997 MetNews “Person of the Year” dinner.
		He related his impression that Ito, in “evaluating all the circumstances,” felt “he had a responsibility to have [the trial] open.” One of those circumstances, Klausner specified, was that there had been the admission of cameras by then-Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell at the preliminary hearing, without negative feedback.
	www.metnews.com /articles/reminiscing091803.htm (680 words)

	COURTTV.COM - TRIALS - O.J. Simpson: Week-by-week
		Judge Lance Ito told lawyers on both sides that he would recess court until Thursday and speak individually with each juror over statements by Jeanette Harris, who was bounced off the panel.
		Judge Ito's investigation is expected to continue with the questioning of sheriff's deputies.
		Judge Ito made no statement, but this action came a day after he recessed court to investigate the charges by Jeanette Harris, who was dismissed from the jury April 5 because she failed to report a past experience of domestic violence.
	www.courttv.com /trials/ojsimpson/weekly/13.html (1344 words)

	CNN O.J. Simpson Trial News: April Transcripts
		April 4, 1995 (65k zip) -- Judge Lance Ito ordered the prosecution to provide him with an inventory of "all video tapes" it has, and later told the Simpson jury to ignore a question asked Monday about evidence the two sides had agreed would not be introduced.
		April 6, 1995 (13k zip) -- Two jurors were sick and Judge Lance Ito called them "no-go meds." He said rather than replace them with two people from the dwindling pool of alternates, he'd hear motions out of their presence and hope they'd be able to return Friday.
		April 18, 1995 (43k zip) -- Judge Lance Ito delayed the questioning of individual jurors in the Simpson case while he reviews a defense request for O.J. Simpson to be present during the sessions.
	www.cnn.com /US/OJ/trial/apr (901 words)

	CNN O.J. Simpson Trial News: January Transcripts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In addition Judge Lance Ito ruled the issue of whether the former wife of O.J. Simpson will be required to appear in court will be decided January 23.
		January 19, 1995 -- In a major blow to the defense, Judge Lance Ito has ruled that many of the allegations of domestic violence may be admitted during the trial of O.J. Simpson, including potentially damaging 911 calls made by his ex-wife.
		Ito also ruled that the prosecution can introduce in opening statements graphic photographs of victims Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman taken at the crime scene.
	edition.cnn.com /US/OJ/trial/jan/index.html (646 words)

	OJ and Ito (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jeff Yang, an Asian, feels that the reason Lance Ito was chosen as judge for the OJ Simpson trial was simply because he was Asian.
		According to Yang, judge Ito was the reason the OJ Simpson case reached the conclusions it did.
		Ito did get scorned and there was still skepticism in the media over race and a fair trail.
	www.louisville.edu /~wrkell03/ojandito.html (340 words)

	Did Ito Permit a 'Media Circus'? Wapner: Yes. Philibosian: No.
		As he saw it, Ito had a tough job, “trying not to be a dictator, and trying to be fair to both parties, and trying to be fair to the news media so they can do their job.”
		Wapner disclosed that his son, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Fred Wapner, conveyed an inquiry from Ito as to whether he’d be willing to give some advice on handling the publicity aspects of the case.
		“Lance Ito happens to be a good judge, and he’s smart,” Wapner remarked.
	www.metnews.com /articles/reminiscing092503.htm (634 words)

	Ito — Infoplease.com
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		Ito to judge cameras in Simpson court: hearing set on barring coverage; networks taking threat seriously.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0825688.html (244 words)

	AsianWeek.com: National News: UpFront (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Another reporter asked LAPD Capt. Jim Tatreau during a press conference that night if Detective Ito was related to Lance Ito, the judge in the Simpson murder case.
		Detective Ronald Ito, 49, lead detective in the Bakley murder case, joined the LAPD in December 1976 as a patrol officer, police spokesman Sgt. John Pasquariello said.
		Ito rose through various ranks before attaining his current rank of Detective-3, the highest detective ranking, in 1996, Pasquariello said.
	www.asianweek.com /2002_04_26/news_upfront.html (1164 words)

	Ito to speak at law school graduation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Some UA law students are looking forward to hearing Judge Lance Ito speak at their graduation commencement Saturday, but others feel their college's image will be tarnished by the appearance of the California Superior Court judge.
		Ito, 45, will not be paid for his appearance at the University of Arizona, but his transportation and lodging will be paid for by the College of Law.
		A native of Los Angeles, Ito completed his undergraduate studies at UCLA and graduated with a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
	secure-wildcat.arizona.edu /papers/89/150/04_1_m.html (441 words)

	TheSpoof.com : 'Variety' selects Lance Ito as new Judge in Michael Jackson's trial funny satire story
		Santa Maria-Lance Ito, who rose to fame over 10 years ago as the judge in "The People vs. O.J. Simpson" has been selected by the Editor of ‘Variety' as the new judge in the Michael Jackson trial.
		Ito's meteoric rise is famous throughout the world of jurisprudence.
		Spoof: Judge Ito, your face was well known throughout the TV world during the O-J trial.
	www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i7729 (573 words)

	Sides rest in Simpson trial - Sept. 22, 1995
		Judge LANCE ITO: -And we will hear the arguments of the attorneys, and that will commence on Tuesday, September the 25th, on Monday, September the 25th, I will be hear with the attorneys who are available.
		Judge LANCE ITO, Los Angeles Superior Court: [in progress] You may disregard anything that you find to be unreasonable.
		Judge LANCE ITO, Los Angeles Superior Court: [in progress] - with which the thought must be pondered before it can ripen into an intent to kill which is truly deliberate and premeditated.
	www.cnn.com /US/OJ/daily/9-23/instructions.html (8498 words)

	California Bar Journal - July, 1997
		The complaints against the lawyers in the Simpson case primarily concerned three types of offenses: intemperate statements to the press, violations of discovery rules and inappropriate conduct during the trial.
		At the outset of the trial, Judge Ito granted the prosecution an unprecedented additional opening statement because of the failure of the defense to disclose witness statements as required by the law and court order.
		Later in the trial, Judge Ito imposed sanctions on the defense attorneys for their failure to disclose the existence of a taped interview with witness Rosa Lopez.
	www.calbar.ca.gov /calbar/2cbj/97jul/art01.htm (872 words)

	SCHOLARSHIPS
		In June of 1994, the Honorable Judge Lance Ito did something that had never been done before in the history of the United States of America in its court system or anywhere else where there is coverage of a major media event that requires special credentials and permission to have access to cover the event.
		The Honorable Judge lance A. Ito, permitted the Black Press of America complete access to his courtroom in what became the largest media event and court case in the history of the United States.
		Because of Judge Ito's courage and moral convictions HGSTAR1NEWS PHOTO decided to name its minority Photo Journalist Scholarship after the Honorable Judge Lance A. Ito, in appreciation of his willingness to do that which was right.
	www.mpji.org /scholarships.htm (380 words)

	O.J. Simpson, analysis of his murder trial - The Crime library
		Lance Ito was the son of Japanese-American parents who were interned during World War Two.
		But Ito, as the presiding judge in the Simpson trial, would turn out to be a man not in control of his emotions and who would allow sentimentalism to dictate his decisions.
		And so the lawyers and their assistants gathered, their cellular phones chirping and laptop's humming, and the maneuvering began to stage the grand event that would hold, captivate and, in many instances, sicken, the American people for months to come.
	www.crimelibrary.com /notorious_murders/famous/simpson/do_7.html (2117 words)

	miaminewtimes.com - News - Rick Sanchez's Number One Fan
		Yup, right there on the bench, next to Ito's collection of hourglasses and his IBM notebook computer, was a symbol of Miami's hottest export: sensational news.
		At the outset, Ito had favored a mug bearing the call letters of a local public radio station, but that drinking vessel had been supplanted by mugs from other Los Angeles radio outlets.
		Though he concedes that Ito might well be the ultimate celebrity endorser, Alex Bogusky, creative director for Miami-based ad agency Crispin & Porter, wonders whether it might take a little more than an Ito plug for Channel 7 to snag a larger viewership.
	www.miaminewtimes.com /Issues/1995-10-05/metro.html (922 words)

	Weekend Update with Norm MacDonald
		Judge Ito was interviewed this week by a local TV station in Los Angeles.
		Asked by the interviewer if it was appropriate for a supposedly impartial judge to be on TV with his case still pending, Ito said, "Maybe not, but how appropriate is it to kill your ex-wife?"...
		I'll be The Judge Formerly Known as Lance Ito.
	snltranscripts.jt.org /94/94fupdate.phtml (1430 words)

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		A Tale of Charles Keating, Judge Lance Ito and Mother Teresa
		Mother Teresa, may God be good to her, received a funeral where the world's rich and powerful sat in comfortable easy chairs while Calcutta's poor were prevented from viewing the funeral cortege and were clubbed by police when they tried.
		In 1992, Mother Teresa wrote to the then still-unfamous Judge Lance Ito, pleading with him to show mercy in his sentencing of convicted Savings & Loan swindler Charles Keating.
	www.ibiblio.org /prism/oct97/mothert.html (1985 words)

	TheSpoof.com : Judge Ito Issues Restraining Order Against Senator Kerry funny satire story
		Judge Lance Ito has issued a restraining order against Senator John Kerry barring him from appearing in Latino clubs in Los Angeles.
		Police dogs bit two patients and innocent hospital patients were sprayed with fire hoses resulting in multiple pneumonia cases as a result of Kerry's appearance.
		According to Judge Ito, Senator Kerry represents a clear and present danger to the Latino community in LA and is permanently barred from future appearances at Latino clubs.
	www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i5785 (393 words)

	Society of Professional Journalists: SPJ News
		Statement by Reginald Stuart, national president of the Society of Professional Journalists, regarding the actions today of Judge Lance Ito as he temporarily closed his courtroom to television cameras:
		"This was a surprising and regrettable move by Judge Ito, but we are glad he quickly reversed himself.
		In looking at a taped segment of the court proceedings that apparently triggered his decision to end television coverage, it does not appear that the confidentiality of Mr.
	www.spj.org /news.asp?ref=441 (223 words)

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