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Posted on 01/27/2006 2:13:31 PM PST by zaxxon
Los Angeles has renamed a public school after Johnnie Cochran, the late criminal defense lawyer who helped clear "Trial of the Century" murder defendant O.J. Simpson.
School district officials voted unanimously for the name change Tuesday, saying Cochran, who attended the former Mt. Vernon Middle School as a boy, was an "extraordinary, superb lawyer with movie-star celebrity status."
But the sister of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, whom the former star football player and actor was charged with stabbing and slashing to death, said she was stunned by the move.
"It's in bad taste," Denise Brown told Reuters. "Yeah, he was a great defense attorney. But what about your moral obligation to children and society?"
Cochran, who died last year of a brain tumor at age 67, was the lead attorney for Simpson.
He accused Los Angeles police of framing his client because he was black and famously told the jury, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," in reference to a bloody glove found at Simpson's house.
Simpson was charged with the 1994 killing of his ex-wife and her friend, Ron Goldman, in a court case dubbed the "Trial of the Century."
He was acquitted for the murders in 1995 in a verdict that deeply split the country along racial lines.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
UFB
Hey, this is L.A. we're talkin' about, lady. Tookie Williams is a hometown hero, so count your blessings.
APPEASE-APPEASE-APPEASE
What's the difference between a dead lawyer and a dead skunk in the middle of the road?
There are skidmarks in front of the skunk.
Even if you can't read what the child wrote, you must promote.
Roach Motel Middle School
Some role model.
What is the name going to be "If it don't fit you must aquit school"?
denise, sorry for your loss. but seriously, what does this have to do with an obligation "to children and society?" lay off the buzz-words. articulate your point or don't try to make one. a school renamed itself after a famous alumni. happens all the time.
Scumbag Middle School?
I heard this yesterday, and could not believe it, even though I should not have been surprised.
Marking for the great posts sure to come!
What a joke.
who told you about the balm?
" What's the difference between a dead lawyer and a dead skunk in the middle of the road?
There are skidmarks in front of the skunk. "
Thanks ! I needed a laugh this morning !
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Just remember to have a Take and Don't suck, or you'll get run....
They might as well name it after OJ
OJ is getting the Gym...
Kato Kaelin is getting the Rec Center
Judge Ito is getting the cafeteria
Marsha Clark is getting the library
:)
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