SANTA MONICA - The plaintiffs' lead lawyer in the O.J. Simpson civil trial urged jurors yesterday to impose stiff punitive damages against Mr Simpson to send a message that "you cannot kill two people and get away with it."
In an impassioned closing argument in the final phase of the four month trial, Mr Daniel Petrocelli pointed out Mr Simpson's absence from court and implored jurors to "send him a message so loud that he can hear it on whatever golf course he is hiding out on right now".