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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd
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.
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Are you sure Shapiro took a walk? I'm almost positive that he was there to the end.
Every person has a right to legal counsel. That includes murderers. Concerning the Simpson trial, I'm pretty familiar with the details. Read Vincent Bugliosi's book on the subject some time. The defense did their job, which is what they are supposed to do. The prosecution did not. That is why OJ walked. Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden were absolutely pathetic. I don't see why Cochran should somehow get the blame for this. If the prosecution had presented their case with any competence whatsoever, OJ would be in prison.
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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.
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No doubt that it was lucrative, that doesn't mean that he wasn't right to defend those people. Sorry, but if the police are going to sodomize someone with a broomstick, I have no problem with them having to pay for that. And the cases you refer to would, I imagine, represent a small fraction of the many cases he worked on. They just got the most publicity. The man probably represented hundreds, if not thousands, of clients that did not get million dollar settlements. I would be interested to know how many pro bono cases he was involved in, that may not have had large settlements or any settlements. Probably more of those than the high profile cases everyone associates with him.
My personal opinion is that people like to trash him because he represented OJ Simpson and other celebrities and was successful. That's only a small part of the picture, at least according to those that worked with him and knew him best.