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. Ito was born in Los Angeles to Jim Ito and Toshi Ito.

2023年8月19日 · 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.

2024年4月12日 · The case's presiding judge, Lance Ito, retired from his duties on the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench in 2015. Still, his decision to allow cameras inside the courtroom during...

2015年10月3日 · The televised trial catapulted many in that courtroom to national fame, including the man who presided over the shocking Oct. 3, 1995, acquittal: Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito.

2025年1月28日 · Netflix’s ‘American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson’ provides an in-depth look at the criminal case that put O.J. Simpson on trial in 1995. One of the key figures in the trial was Judge Lance Ito, who presided over the proceedings at the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

2025年1月31日 · Lance Ito, the former judge who presided over O.J. Simpson 's 1995 trial, became a public figure due to extensive media coverage. The series American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson examines his trial...

2022年4月11日 · Judge Lance Ito retired in 2015 after presiding on more than 500 cases after the O.J. Simpson trial. He mainly worked on cases involving robberies, rapes, and murders, but none of them placed the judge under public scrutiny as much as the Simpson case.

LANCE ITO. Lance Ito once worked as a Los Angeles district attorney and, at the time of the Simpson trial, was married to one of the LAPD's top officials. Ito's background provoked speculation as to whether he could impartially evaluate the internal actions of the LAPD.

2016年2月23日 · In the years since the Simpson trial, Ito has kept out of the public eye and has given precious few interviews or statements. On the rare occasions that he's spoken to the media, Ito hasn't...

The Los Angeles district attorney’s office, led by Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden, emphasized the domestic violence that had occurred prior to and after the Simpsons’ 1992 divorce as a motive for the murders. The attorneys representing Simpson, known…