Is true he has died? I was working with my engineering team, when one of my partners told me. 67 year old devil man has died, lol. Good lawayer, but may he rest in peace.
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Johnny Cochrane
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I heard the same thing on tuesday....i was at work on my lunch n my mom called and said they think he may have died...so iono
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It's true...
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Because he defended OJ Simpson? (Yet another embarrassment to Florida.)
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Didn't he defend Michael Jackson too?
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Yes. And other celebrities. But Cochrane also did some important civil rights work.
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hey, the OJ thing is just a testement to Johnny's skill. Based on that trial, the jury made the right choice and I guess I'm still not convinced that OJ did it.
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You may be right, but you're in a small minority.I think the prosecution was outgunned big-time by OJ's defense team. And judge Ito wasn't quite with it. But Cochrane was brilliant.I think the likelihood that OJ was innocent is very, very small.
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In reply to: You may be right, but you're in a small minority No denying that. Despite the inherent flaws in the adversarial legal process, I still believe in ‘reasonable doubt’.
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yeah! you tell 'em
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He was a bastard. He got OJ aquitted of the murder he commited. I heard on the Radio the day he died that he was recorded saying to a friend that oj is in deinal of being a murderer.
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bastard or not, he did his job
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It's still an interesting case to study, not because of the subject (alleged murder of wife and her friend, which is pretty routine), but to explore the questions: Can an accused felon get off the hook if he has a lot of money, and is clever enough to put together an overwhelming defense team? What does the conduct of the case say about the American legal system?O.J. was ruled not guilty in his criminal trial (juries can't return a finding of "innocent"), and was successfully sued for causing the wrongful death of the people he did or did not kill. But legally it is a moot point.
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The civil suit struck me as odd, probably because our system works a little differently here. It seems obvious that you can't sue someone for something a criminal court aquitted. The US is a very litigious society (don't sue me for saying that).
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I have to agree with you guys...good point :smile:
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In reply to:It seems obvious that you can't sue someone for something a criminal court aquitted.There are different standards for criminal guilt versus civil responsibility. "Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" applies only to criminal cases.________It's not a good idea to just forget about this case, and cases like it, unless you think there will be no more criminal trials. But obsessing over things like whether O.J. looks like a guilty dude is pretty useless.
