[IndyTiger]

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?)

O.J. never took the stand in the criminal trial...but he was depositioned over a ten day period and later took the stand in the civil trial, where Dan Petrocelli (Fred Goldman's attorney) ripped O.J.'s alibi to shreds.

I just finished re-reading some O.J. trial books last week. Cochran skillfully played the race card in the criminal trial and got his acquittal, but set back race relations in this country thirty years, IMO.

[proud American in Canada]

Thank you for that--I didn't think he took the stand, but in all honesty, I was 9 months pregnant and actually was in the hospital with my newborn when they read the verdict, so I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, LOL!

"Cochran skillfully played the race card in the criminal trial and got his acquittal, but set back race relations in this country thirty years, IMO."

You're absolutely right.

It's a lawyer's nature (and duty, really), to bring out every trick in the book that he ethically can to defend his client, but it is sad that this happened in such a high-profile case and resulted in such animosity and inflamed passions about race.

[lintguard]

good golly, Bruno magli

[G-Bob]

Cochran skillfully played the race card in the criminal trial and got his acquittal, but set back race relations in this country thirty years, IMO.

He said from the outset that if he could get one black on the jury O.J. would never be convicted.