21.   It dismissed an African-American woman, beginning the first in a series of sidebar discussions in which the defense argued that the prosecution was dismissing jurors based on race.

22.   It has become more acute as the jury shrinks and Judge Lance Ito dismisses jurors who seem to flirt with the idea of wealth and fame from their service.

23.   Jury specialists, lawyers and legal scholars all described the rate at which jurors have been dismissed as remarkable and probably unprecedented.

24.   Just days before opening statements began, prosecutors fought to have the juror dismissed for misconduct.

25.   Just before the deliberations, the judge dismissed one juror, saying he had a family tie to the case.

26.   No juror can be dismissed.

27.   One juror was dismissed after a laptop computer was found in a search of his hotel room.

28.   Other reports surfaced last week about the real reason the latest juror was dismissed.

29.   One juror was dismissed for failing to disclose a previous meeting with Simpson.

30.   Prosecutors fought to have the juror dismissed for misconduct.