Cochran... I'd Like To Introduce You to KARMA.

[Diva]

JakeD: Johhny Cochran died.
Diva: Hallelujah.

Yeah, I'm going to hell.

Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, 67, perhaps best known for his defense of O.J. Simpson, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles.

Cochran had been in a hospice suffering from a neurological problem, Epps said.


I know that he had a full life before OJ Simpson, but that injustice alone is what probably gave him the hotter part of hell. Anyway, he's dead now. People will have to search for another lawyer to get their drug addict son freed and money for descrimination. There is no shortage of lawyers in this world. *sigh*

[Evilpoptart]

I hate to celebrate the death of another but.......


BONUS!!!


Drinks all around.....

[whitecrow]

damnit, now we all have to go to jail for breaking the law.

[Amaurote]

I'm still not sure about that case. Wasn't there a suggestion that his son committed the murders and that OJ Simpson might have been attempting to cover it up?

[Bassmama]

No- his son was a little kid back then.

The whole case was a travesty. He won by pulling the discrimination card- bigtime!

I saw an interview after the trial was over with 5 or 6 of the jurors, & they said that if they'd been able to see the evidence that WASN'T allowed during the trial, OJ'd be in jail now.

[Amaurote]

No- his son was a little kid back then.

Not so, Bass - I remember the documentary, there was a good deal of circumstantial evidence linking him to the crimes, at least as much as the evidence linking OJ, and OJ Simpson himself was reportedly furious about it. The kid was apparently a noted sociopath with very few redeeming features.

In 2000, a BBC investigation suggested that in their rush to prove Simpson's guilt, police had neglected a more likely suspect -- Simpson's son by his first marriage, Jason.

Jason Simpson was 24 at the time of the killings, and like his father had a history of violence. The younger Simpson was a professional chef who'd previously brandished knives when enraged. He was on anger-suppression meds at the time, and his alibi for the night in question -- that he was working -- was challenged by co-workers. Also, according to BBC's reporters, Nicole had said she thought Jason Simpson was stalking her.

Link (http://www.nndb.com/people/390/000022324/)

[Bassmama]

Oooooohhhhh... I thought you meant the one she & OJ had.

All I know is if there really IS an alternate reality after death, can you imagine the reception he probably got from Nicole & Ron? I bet they kicked his butt all the way down to hell & slammed the door behind him, if there IS a hell.

I can enjoy the visual, anyway.

[Sterling]

Hang on a second. I don't get why you guys are demonising Cochran, he was simply doing his job as a lawyer and defending his client in the most effective way possible.

I also might remind you that while, sure, he played the race card, I think what really did it was the infamous bloody glove. That was pure courtroom genius, and it won the case for him.

Also, it's not fair to look at the excluded evidence. Presumably it was excluded for a reason. Isn't it important that your 4th (against unreasonable search) and 5th amendment (against self-incrimination) rights are protected? Wasn't Cochran just doing his job by getting it excluded?

Regardless of whether we think OJ was guilty or innocent, it's still in everyones interest that defendants get effective legal representation.

[Diva]

I think that my opinion is tainted because I lived on the same street as her, only a couple of blocks down. It was a living hell on Bundy Drive. I had to have my drivers license ready to just get to my house. I finally started cutting through back streets. They blocked off the sidewalk so people couldn't even walk near it, so we had to drive around people standing in the streets. I still see people stand infront of where it happened, even though the place is completely different. Media vans still pull up from time to time, and reporters stand in front of it to do a report. I was stuck dealing with the case even though I refused to watch the court TV. I read through the facts, and left it at that. Some of the evidence was kept out of court because it was found when they first came to his house to tell him about the murder. He was not a suspect. Unfortunately it was evidence that the jurers later said would have changed their vote.

I do believe that everyone should get adequate representation. Let me share a conversation that I heard on the way to work today. I DJ on KROQ was interviewing a man who was talking about how the black community is wearing arm bands in memory of him. I think that he has done a lot for their community and it's a nice gesture. Then the man said, "All the brothas are laying low now." When the DJ asked what they are doing to fight the white system he replied, "I suggest they stop committing crimes." The DJ laughed and said, "I doubt they're going to follow that advice." And he replied, "Yeah. That's why they're laying low until some new black lawyer steps up into his place." It's hard to respect someone who will get you off a charge just because you are black. It's the same way I don't respect people who get off of a charge for being white.

[JakeD]

The man made a career out of pulling the race card in MANY instances, and basically made a lot of money off of defending criminals. If you were guilty and black, you got Johnnie Cochran to get you off the hook. Yeah, he was good at what he did, I'll give him that, but it doesn't make what he did right. I can't imagine being the victim of a crime and watching my perpetrator get off due to race. It happens all the time with white people in the South. White people can almost literally get away with murder in some areas as long as their victim was black. Honor means shit, and the same goes for Cochran and those that he's defended in the past.