Word: cochran
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Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. discussed the criminal system, the issue of race and the role of the media in the O.J. Simpson trial before an audience of about 200 people at the Law School's Austin Hall Saturday...
...this country, when you are charged with a crime, you are presumed innocent," Cochran said. "What I worry about is that so many Americans forgot that...
Discussing the role that race played in the trial, Cochran said that contrary to what has been suggested, his closing argument didn't drive a wedge between the races, it simply revealed the chasm that already exists...
...Though Simpson, according to insiders, desperately wanted to do the interview, virtually his entire legal team advised against it: his comments, they pointed out, could come back to haunt him if they contradicted statements he had made earlier in the criminal investigation. In a statement read by attorney Johnnie Cochran, Simpson complained that NBC was turning the interview into a "confrontation" and looking for "an opportunity to retry the case...
...approach paid off. National correspondent Jack White joined Cochran on a four-hour flight to Cleveland. Los Angeles bureau chief Jordan Bonfante and correspondent Sylvester Monroe got the cops to open up despite an L.A.P.D. gag order. While photo researcher Martha Bardach scoured the town for pictures, correspondents Margot Hornblower and Patrick Cole and reporter Dan Cray sought out more Simpson lawyers and the Goldman family. And Lafferty's deep connections within the D.A.'s office came through with surprising details about what prosecutors believe really happened the night of the murders. "We think we've seen...