re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story series long thread

The State was outmanned by resources?

Nobody has better resources than the State.

I don't care how rich you are, you start by fighting an uphill battle.

Home court? The State is always home court...with all the public funds, shetrif's, cops, crime lab, politicians, all on the payroll...

It's a joke to say OJ had more resources...Marcia Clarke had the weight and might and money of California...and all those cheap costing experts and expert civil servants on the cheap while OJ had to spend real money to counter what the State got for pennies.

The State spent 10 million before the trial was half over...and they are getting all these services on the cheap...that's how committed and full of man power the State is.

Marcia Clarke had 50 people working on this case to every 1 OJ person. They threw the kitchen sink at OJ but all anyone remembers is the lawyers and not all the man power and limitless funds the State played with.

Haven't watched this episode yet, but I mourned Dominic Dunne's death. He could cover a trial like no other regardless of whether you agreed with him. He had a short lived series.

Look what Anerican Crime Story is doing next season
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How the frick was Johnny Cochran allowed to go back to the crime scene and redecorate OJs home?

Also, they should have left the crime scene on Bundy as is, minus the bodies.

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Also, they should have left the crime scene on Bundy as is, minus the bodies.

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Yeah I don't see the point of taking the jurors there if everything's been cleaned.

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Could they not tell things have been switched around in the house with the previous pictures of the crime scene?

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I can't believe the prosecution had no recourse for addressing that but perhaps after the fact it would have looked like quibbling.

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It was insane to take the jury on that field trip, period. Lance Ito was such a shitty judge.

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Very true. But it was a brilliant move Cochran's part. OJ was a black man but he was living life like a white man. OJ needed to look as black as possible to that jury; after all his blackness was his whole defense.

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Lance Ito was such a shitty judge.

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Ito was a catastrophic failure for the prosecution. Whether he was just star struck or terrified of being overturned on appeal if OJ was convicted, he gave EVERYTHING to the defense. Watching this show makes me remember how much I hated that mofo.
The only likable attorney character on this show is Darden.

I have always wondered if the post-trial lives of the big OJ defense team had anything to do with Karma.
Cochran died from an uncommon brain cancer, Kardashian died from an uncommon esophageal cancer and Bailey got disbarred over hiding $$ for a drug dealer.

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I have always wondered if the post-trial lives of the big OJ defense team had anything to do with Karma.
Cochran died from an uncommon brain cancer, Kardashian died from an uncommon esophageal cancer and Bailey got disbarred over hiding $$ for a drug dealer.

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It's a nice thought. And OJ hasn't exactly prospered, either.