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JOHNNIE COCHRAN JR. The architect of O.J. Simpson's acquittal let the nation see justice in black and white...
WHEN CHRONICLERS OF THIS CHARGED ERA sift through the moments, grand and trivial, that were called turning points in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, they may well conclude that Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. did not, in fact, play the "race card." He didn't have to because in many ways Cochran was the race card--a lawyer who had built a lucrative career representing minority victims of police misconduct. By the time he joined what was to become known as the Dream Team, Cochran, 58, had already won some $45 million in damages and an impressive rate of acquittal...
Dyson is one of a group of contemporary black writers, including bell hooks, Cornel West and Derrick Bell, who are forging what might be called a new canon of inclusion. While celebrating black identity, Dyson seeks connections with other minority groups, such as feminists, gays and Latinos. The O.J. Simpson trial was seen by many as a symbol of racial strife; Dyson sees some hope. "Its major players are a virtual rainbow of color, gender, ethnicity, and class," he says. "Judge Lance Ito is Asian-American. Johnnie Cochran is African-American. Marcia Clark is a white woman. And Robert Shapiro...
Oregon Republican Mark Hatfield, a moderate pillar of the Senate for 30 years, announced he will retire next year, the 11th Senator to do so. Reports circulated at week's end that Wyoming Republican Alan Simpson, one of the Senate's crustier members, may soon become the 12th. In the House, Colorado Democrat Pat Schroeder, the most senior woman in the chamber and one of its most influential feminists, said she would also step down, as did Kansas Republican Jan Meyers, the only woman to chair a full House committee. For his part, Speaker Newt Gingrich announced that he would...
...state judge in the civil case against O.J. Simpson ruled that, contrary to his lawyers' wishes, Simpson's upcoming pretrial deposition will not be sealed. During the deposition, O.J. will be questioned under oath--for the first time--by lawyers for the families of murder victims Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman...