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...color of the jury affect the outcome? Polls during the trial showed that blacks have a suspicion of the police, and the police testimony was vital to the prosecution's case. Bringing in Mark Fuhrman as a star witness didn't help: regardless of whether you're black or white, it's obvious that Fuhrman is a despicable racist...
...Fuhrman aside, the trial raised even larger racial issues: surveys consistently showed that 70 percent of whites though O.J. was guilty, while an equal percentage of blacks though he was innocent. After the decision came in, six of 10 whites said they believed the wrong verdict was reached, while nine of 10 blacks said they believed the jury had come to the right conclusion...
...system work? Its effectiveness was questioned from the start because the excessive media attention tainted the thoughts of practically every potential juror in the country. We continued to wonder about the suitability of the jury and the efficacy of sequestration as the number of jurors dropped faster than Mark Fuhrman's credibility, by the end leaving only 14 of the original 24. And Judge Ito's dramatic grandstanding didn't help the situation...
...outspoken proponent of black rights, and the fact that he has become a symbol of racial oppression seems paradoxical. When the race card become his ticket out of jail, he played it. It was not out of a quest for racial equality that the defense team crucified Mark Fuhrman or that Johnnie Cochran spent more time talking about blacks in America than he did about the evidence. It was simply a tactic...
...only one conclusion: Guilty. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran delivered a fire-and-brimstone assault on the Los Angeles police. He accused the department of plotting a frame-up of his client, who he said was innocent and had been targeted by a deceitful and ruthlessly racist detective, Mark Fuhrman. Defense attorney Barry Scheck said blood-DNA tests had been so tampered with they were worthless...