History and Historiography

“He Should Have Died In Prison!” O.J. Simpson Lawyers Debate

Piers Morgan Uncensored holds a debate on notorious American football player and actor O.J. Simpson following his death, with lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who was part of Simpson’s defence team, lawyer Gloria Allred, who represented the family of O.J’s murdered ex wife Nicole Simpson Brown, academic and author Marc Lamont Hill and author Jeffrey Toobin. Do they think O.J. killed his ex wife? Was his trial an issue of race? Would he have been acquitted if the trial was held today? Piers Morgan asks all the above and more.

00:00 – O.J. Simpson trial 01:20 – Did O.J. do it? 04:10 – Is there any doubt he committed the crimes? 05:20 – O.J. Simpson death coverage 06:50 – Gloria Allred: ‘I think it is clear he did it’ 08:40 – What role did race play in his acquittal? 12:00 – Mark Fuhrman ‘planting evidence’ accusations 13:50 – “The system has failed women and victims of violence” 15:00 – Was the evidence tampered with? 16:36 – Were the police involved in tampering? 24:39 – “So you’re against the constitution?” 26:03 – What would have happened if the trial happened today? 31:00 – Summing up O.J. Simpson in one sentence

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