I don't feel for the man. "Don't speak ill of the dead," is nice and all, but Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman were hacked to death by a man "Mr. Johnny" managed to get off, scot-free. Do a little reviewing of the case on google. Remind yourselves of what, exactly, O.J. Simpson did.
Sure, Cochran was only doing his job, and he did it well (or in Mr. Johnny-speak, "splendoriferously.") But, even Robert Shapiro walked away from this one.
Slight clarification, Johnny Cochran was known for representing families of victims of police abuse, and winning millions of dollars. You can characterize this as "doing work for the civil rights of the underprivileged," but it was mighty lucrative.
While I don't pick Mr. Cochran out for special vilification from the cast of inepts that were the O.J. trial, he doesn't get a pass just because he's dead.
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