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Margaret York. . . ( m. 1981; died 2021) . Education. University of California, Los Angeles ( BA) University of California, Berkeley ( JD) Lance Allan Ito (born August 2, 1950) is an American retired judge, best known for presiding over the criminal trial for the O. J. Simpson murder case, held in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1995.
Apr 11, 2022 · Judge Lance Ito presided over the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995, which made him a well-known figure in the media. Learn about his career, retirement, and personal life after the trial of the century.
- Jean Mendoza
Aug 19, 2023 · Retired Judge Lance Ito cleans the grave marker of his wife, Peggy York, a trailblazing LAPD detective who was the inspiration for the “Cagney & Lacey” TV show.
- steve.lopez@latimes.com
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Oct 3, 2015 · Ito has been called everything from "Trial Judge of the Year" — in 1992, by the L.A. Bar Association — to one of the world's crankiest judges. But to his friends, he's just Lance, a man who ...
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- Elizabeth Chuck
Apr 12, 2024 · Among those who backed him was the judge in the Simpson criminal case, Lance Ito, who is now retired. Alan Dershowitz. Image. Alan Dershowitz, standing, later represented President Donald J. Trump ...
- Anna Betts
Apr 12, 2024 · Lance Ito was the presiding judge of the 1994-1995 trial that acquitted O.J. Simpson of murdering his ex-wife and her friend. He retired from the bench in 2015 and lives a private life.
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Apr 12, 2024 · FILE - Judge Lance Ito views evidence with a magnifying glass during O.J. Simpson’s double-murder trial, Aug. 25, 1995, in Los Angeles. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76.