A policewoman named Margaret York (Carolyn Crotty) knocks on a door at a courthouse.
Simpson double murder trial.
Welcome to Simpsonland, Lance Ito (Kenneth Choi).
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And so it goes in episode 4.
Not counting an opening sequence set in a nightclub (as O.J.
In the first, Shapiro introduces the newly hired Johnnie Cochran to the team.
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Mea culpa, Shapiro says, hands raised, when Cochran calls him out.
case files cleared out of his office.
His suggestion that O.J.
should plead guilty to manslaughter was the last nail in his coffin.
Thats where cases are won.
Not by settling like a py.
And yet withinThe People v. O.J.
Simpsonthere is an aura of sympathy that moves around the cast, settling even on O.J.
himself during the Bronco chase.
Now, the betrayal of Shapiro has a quality thats even a little touching.
Betrayal is not just an emotion felt by Shapiro.
That despite the number of cases that Clark tried and won in defense of victimized black women.
Among the same demographic group, O.J.
scored all 9s and 10s a fact that shocked everyone, including Cochran.
He talks like a preacher because he goes to church every Sunday, Darden says.
Clark is dubious about the defense teams loaded bench.
O.J.s biggest problem, she says, is that pile up of egos called the Dream Team.
Its a dozen alpha dogs in a cage match.
Its like theyre trying to tarnish him, Goldman says, like he was asking for it.
He was a good person.
There are two nuances about the Resnick commotion whichThe People v. O.J.
Simpsonboth under- and over-dramatizes for effect.
Secondly, the casting of Connie Britton a very fine actress andAmerican Horror Storyvet is baffling.
Namely, that Nicole Brown was murdered by drug dealers as a warning to Resnick.
told her he wanted to kill his ex-wife, a claim that many including Nicoles sister have found credible.
Simpsonaims for the bleachers.
Not one juror read a newspaper regularly.
Nine lived in rented homes; three owned homes.
Two had supervisory or management responsibilities at work; ten did not.
Eight regularly watched television-tabloid news shows like Hard Copy.
Five said they or a family member had personally endured a negative experience with law enforcement.
Five thought it was acceptable to use force on a family member.
Ninethree quarters of the jurythought O.J.
SImpson was less likely to have murdered his wife because he had excelled at football.
