51.   Polozola dismissed the juror Thursday, saying he refused to follow instructions.

52.   Peremptory challenges allow lawyers to dismiss prospective jurors without explanation.

53.   A juror was dismissed Tuesday during closing arguments after he was approached by one of the two dozen Chinese-language journalists who have swarmed the case.

54.   A juror was dismissed from the O.J. Simpson trial Friday because authorities suspected he was writing a book about the case.

55.   At midmorning, eight prospective jurors had been dismissed for reasons such as military duty, medical problems or job issues.

56.   He said that in three cases, the jurors were dismissed for lying during jury selection.

57.   He said he dismissed the juror because he was not following instructions.

58.   Meanwhile, there was no mention in court Tuesday of published reports that another juror could be dismissed.

59.   More than half the prospective jurors were dismissed for prejudice against Middle Easterners.

60.   Southwestern University law professor Robert Pugsley said it was unlikely Ito would dismiss the juror without further investigation.