Kathy E
Sat, 4 Apr 1998 02:42:54 -0500
Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The Justice Department has reportedly decided not to prosecute former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman on charges he assaulted and mistreated minority suspects in his custody. The Los Angeles Times quotes sources at the Justice Department as saying the decision is based on a statute of limitations -- a five-year time limit that has long since expired. The allegations stemmed from 14 taped interviews in which Fuhrman told an aspiring screenwriter that there was systematic misconduct in the police department and described some of his alleged misconduct. The testimony was a key part of the sensational O.J. Simpson murder trial, where Fuhrman lied on the stand about using a racial epithet to refer to black people. The newspaper says the Justice Department will make public its ruling on Mark Fuhrman, possibly today. -- Kathy E "I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow isn't looking too good for you either" http://members.delphi.com/kathylaw/ Law & Issues Mailing List http://pw1.netcom.com/~kathye/rodeo.html - Cowboy Histories http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2990/law.htm Crime photo's Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues