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Postmortem: The O.J. Simpson Case: Justice Confronts Race, Domestic Violence, Lawyers, Money, and the Media

by Jeffrey Abramson

Pages: 239

Contributors: Jeffrey Abramson

Publisher: Basic Books

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1996

Subjects: Simpson, O. J.,--1947---Trials, Litigation, Etc,Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles,Criminal Justice, Administration Of--California--Los Angeles

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgments

Editor's Introduction

Part I: Race

Reasonable v. Unreasonable Doubt

Black Jurors: Right to Acquit?

Obsessed with O.J

Racial Theater

Notes on the Trial of the Century

Part II: Domestic Violence

What Happened to Public Education about Domestic Violence?

Simpson Sound Bites: What Is and Isn't News about Domestic Violence

Race and Gender: Charlie Rose Interviews Gloria Steinem and Patricia Williams

Part III: Lawyers

O.J. v. DNA: What the DNA Really Showed

Johnnie Cochran and Marcia Clark: Role Models?

The Dream Team's Dream Resources

Part IV: Reforms

Our Faltering Jury

Lessons about Jurors

Jury Dismissed

In Defense of the Criminal Jury

The Jury System

Inside the Jury Room

Abandon the Military Model of Policing

Policing the Police: The D.A.'s Job

Part V: Cameras in the Courtroom?

The Pros and Cons of Televising Trials

The Failure (And Promise) of Legal Journalism

Part VI: The Trial in Historical Perspective

The Rights of the Accused in a "Crime Crisis"

The Trial and the City: A Nasty Parody on Multiculturalism

The Good News

Appendix: A Quick Primer on the Civil Trial

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