Oct 3rd, 2005 · When O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman, the way individual Americans reacted to the verdict depended largely upon their race. Commentator Aaron Freeman observes that in a decade, that hasn't changed much.
Oct 3rd, 2005 · Ten years ago, the not-guilty verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial revealed a huge racial divide on perceptions about the criminal justice system. NPR's Mandalit del Barco looks back at the milestone and examines how it's left a lasting mark.
Sep 18th, 2005 · Lawyer-turned-author Sadakat Kadri spans 4,000 years of courtroom drama in The Trial: A History, from Socrates to O.J. Simpson. He tells Sheilah Kast what prompted him to travel from ancient Egypt's Hall of the Dead to the scandals of modern Hollywood.
Mar 30th, 2005 · Criminal defense attorney Johnnie Cochran died Tuesday at age 67 of cancer, after having been diagnosed in 2003 with an inoperable brain tumor. In 1995, Cochran won O.J. Simpson a not-guilty verdict in the slayings of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Over the years, Cochran defended celebrities as well as lesser-known individuals. He represented football great Jim Brown, as well as rappers Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Sean Combs. (Originial airdate: 10/10/96)
Jun 11th, 2004 · Day to Day producer Luke Burbank visits William Sung, a waiter in the Chinatown district of downtown Los Angeles, who's collected business cards from all the participants in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial. Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.