31.   And now, after nearly seven months of legal maneuvering, the O.J. Simpson murder trial will finally enter its decisive phase when opening statements begin on Monday.

32.   And let us not neglect smaller victories against incivility, as in the case of the quasi-penitent Marcia Clark, chief prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder trial.

33.   And when the survivors appear at a murder trial, it helps jurors grasp that the victims are really dead.

34.   And they propelled what essentially was a mundane murder trial into a grand example of courtroom maneuvering as popular entertainment.

35.   And this was long before the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, the inquiry into the killing of Jon-Benet Ramsey and the massacre at Columbine High.

36.   And you think the Simpson murder trial is outrageously long?

37.   As in any big case, the end of the O. J. Simpson murder trial left behind loads of evidence and exhibits.

38.   As the Simpson case unfolds on live television, it is providing a nationwide seminar on the workings of a murder trial.

39.   At his murder trial the next year a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity.

40.   At the murder trial, Kelley had testified that Rico had only promised him immunity from prosecution and protection for his family in exchange for his testimony.