The 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson, which ended in his acquittal in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, will always carry the legacy of the 'deep racial divisions in America,' said Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz.
The 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson, which ended in his being acquitted in the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her companion, Ron Goldman, will always carry the legacy of the "deep racial divisions in America," Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said on Newsmax Thursday.
"People criticize me for being his lawyer, just like they criticized me for being Donald Trump's lawyer, O.J. Simpson's lawyer, or Claus von Bulow's lawyer," said Dershowitz. "Would you ever want to be in a country where people weren't represented? I do half my cases pro bono. I represent poor people. But I also represent people like O.J. Simpson."
"Obviously, he'll always be remembered for his football prowess and lines in movies and advertising, but the legacy in the end will be the case," said Dershowitz. "People who think he's guilty are not going to shed tears on his death, and people who think he's innocent will." "People would come up to me in the airport and throw their arms around me and thank me for defending Simpson," he said. "Inevitably, they were African American. Other people would spit at me and curse me; and, inevitably, they were white."
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