CBS Evening News - 1996-03-29 (low volume)
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[0:01] New evidence of possible jury tampering
[0:03] in the OJ Simpson case. Did it lead to
[0:06] this juror's dismissal?
[0:08] >> If you had stayed on the jury, how would
[0:10] you have voted?
[0:11] >> Guilty.
[0:12] >> The first details of a 60 Minutes
[0:14] investigation, new hope deceiving for
[0:17] cancer patients as the president lowers
[0:19] the hurdle for experimental drugs, and a
[0:23] reality check. Washington's billiond
[0:25] dollar monument to bureaucracy at your
[0:28] expense.
[0:31] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:35] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:38] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:41] There is new evidence tonight of
[0:42] possible jury tampering in the OJ
[0:44] Simpson trial. It may have led to the
[0:47] dismissal of a juror about halfway
[0:49] through the trial. A juror who could
[0:51] have made a big difference in the
[0:53] verdict. 60 Minutes correspondent Steve
[0:55] Croft and producer Howard Rosenberg have
[0:57] been investigating these explosive
[0:59] allegations. Steve is here now with
[1:01] details. Steve. Dan. The Los Angeles
[1:03] District Attorney's office is now
[1:05] investigating the events surrounding the
[1:07] dismissal of juror 353.
[1:10] An anonymous letter led to her being
[1:12] removed from the jury, but we've
[1:13] uncovered serious questions about the
[1:15] authenticity and the source of that
[1:17] letter.
[1:19] The juror in question is Francine Florio
[1:22] Button, a white 39year-old telephone
[1:24] company technician who is one of the
[1:26] best educated members on the panel.
[1:29] Deputy District Attorney William
[1:30] Hodgejman supervised the Simpson
[1:32] prosecution.
[1:33] >> Do you think it would have made a
[1:34] difference if Francine Fio had stayed on
[1:36] the jury? I certa