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

by Jeffrey Abramson. 239 pgs.

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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
Contents
List of Contributors x
Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
Editor's Introduction JEFFREY ABRAMSON 1
PART I Race: Its Influence on the Jury and Public Opinion
Reasonable v. Unreasonable Doubt RANDALL KENNEDY 33
Black Jurors: Right to Acquit? PAUL BUTLER 38
Obsessed with O.J. MICHAEL ERIC DYSON 46
Racial Theater JIM SLEEPER 57
Notes on the Trial of the Century DIANA TRILLING 64
PART II Domestic Violence: The Disappearance of an Issue
What Happened to Public Education about Domestic Violence? ELIZABETH M. SCHNEIDER 75
Simpson Sound Bites: What Is and Isn't News about Domestic Violence DEBORAH L. RHODE 83
Race and Gender: Charlie Rose Interviews Gloria Steinem and Patricia Williams 91
PART III Lawyers: Their Strategies and Their Ethics
O.J. v. DNA: What the DNA Really Showed HARLAN LEVY 105
Johnnie Cochran and Marcia Clark: Role Models? CHARLES J. OGLETREE, JR. 117
The Dream Team's Dream Resources LORRAINE ADAMS AND SERGE F. KOVALESKI 126
PART IV Reforms: Proposals for Juries, Police, and Prosecutors
Our Faltering Jury ALBERT W. ALSCHULER 135
Lessons about Jurors NANCY J. KING 145
Jury Dismissed MICHAEL LIND 155
In Defense of the Criminal Jury BARBARA ALLEN BABCOCK 160
The Jury System KENNETH JOST 168
Inside the Jury Room ANDREW HACKER 177
Abandon the Military Model of Policing JOSEPH D. MCNAMARA 186
Policing the Police: The D.A.'s Job SCOTT TUROW 189
PART V Cameras in the Courtroom?
The Pros and Cons of Televising Trials JEFFREY ABRAMSON 195
The Failure (and Promise) of Legal Journalism LINCOLN CAPLAN 199
PART VI The Trial in Historical Perspective
The Rights of the Accused in a "Crime Crisis" YALE KAMISAR 211
The Trial and the City: A Nasty Parody on Multiculturalism HARVEY COX 219
The Good News STANLEY CROUCH 228
Appendix: A Quick Primer on the Civil Trial 236
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