But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case?
Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!
Posted on 03/29/2005 2:59:05 PM PST by lainie
REPORT: Famed attorney Johnny Cochran died this afternoon in California following an extended illness... Developing...
The hypocrisy on this site has amazed me in the last couple of weeks. Whether or not you like that he successfully performed the job that he swore to do, his death shouldn't be a cause for jubilantly dancing on his grave. Those that call themselves Christian and delight in an innocent man's death are no better than the Muslims who celebrated when our towers fell.
And the early worm gets the bird......
But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case?
Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!
Not bad! I'm impressed.
Don't worry, "The Juice" will have to re-join him....eventually.
Will (sob) Cosmo Kramer (sniffle) be attending the service? ;-)
Apparently "Extra" isn't on top of things as I heard he had cancer last year (after he appeared several times on LKL to defend Peterson). He was to become a regular CNN legal pundit but only appeared two or three times and I assumed his cancer took a turn for the worse.
prayers for his soul and strength for his family. you have to feel for Nancy Grace, too .. she just lost another close friend in the Atlanta killings.
If you're insinuating that Cochran was an "innocent man" you're sorely mistaken. He's got the blood of two innocents and an entire (mis)justice system on his cold dead hands.
Consider the irony of your statement....... 8~)
"At the extremely high risk of getting hammered"
I won't hammer you. I agree completely with you. I think O.J. is as guilty as sin but something happened during the investigation (though I definitely don't have your memory for the facts of the case).
Johnnie Cochran did his job. The American legal system needs defense lawyers, who (often) see their role as protecting individuals as a group from the power of the state.
I'm 100% sure Cochran NEVER asked O.J. if he did it. He didn't want to know, particularly if there was ever a possibility that O.J. might take the stand (and now I can't remember, did he take the stand?).
A lawyer cannot knowingly put forth perjured testimony so defense lawyers don't want to know if their client is actually guilty.
Yes, this is a moral gray area, to put it lightly. But the system counts on the checks and balances of the other side and the jury system to sort out who is truly guilty.
(and now I'm the one wondering if I'll get hammered, LOL!)
I had heard he was ill...he took someone to court over the use of his name. Never heard if there was an outcome, just that he was ill and couldn't be in court.
Oh my God! Johnny Cockroach is dead. I'm crying my eyes out and I don't know if I can go on.
I'll bet they tell him who the real killer was.
Heh. Since when?
What about the income taxes on the gain, or would it get buried as a capital gain and only taxed when they sold? Game show winnings are taxed at some usurious rate. I guess the show could pay the income taxes as well (but then they would have to calculate the sum so that the taxes would cover equal tax rate * [home improvement + tax payments] ).
His deliberately dividing this nation racially was the biggest sin of all. IMHO
Is it me or are there a lot more brain tumors out there than used to be. It seems that's all I hear lately
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