Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...waiting for someone in the media to say something about the grace and dignity of the Simpson family. Eunice Simpson, a woman in her 80s who truly believed her son was innocent, offered not one word of hate or contempt. No matter how you come down on the verdict, you have to admire her courage...
...which will be carried live on CNN, who knew that O.J. Simpson would be talking to Brokaw and Couric at the same time? The CNN show starts at 8pm ET and runs to 9:30pm. Not much chance viewers will stick around. Day of Judgment: Photographs from the Simpson Verdict...
...Everyvictim, and Mark Fuhrman is not Everyracist. When we create these false archetypes as a culture, we avoid confronting the very real systemic issues and problems that are elements of the trial: violence toward women; racism; and our national obsession with celebrity, race, sex and money. Whatever the verdict, I don't think the O.J. Simpson trial will have a deep, profound or lasting resonance in American culture. It will not be transformative. It's a bad miniseries gone out of control...
Colin Powell finally gave his views on the Simpson verdict in London, where he is promoting his book, in an interview with the BBC. The verdict, he said, "is not a metaphor for all race relations in the U.S. There is an enormous chasm. And sometimes we forget, when we see some progress and some blacks doing well . . . what we have left behind in our inner cities." Powell admit that racial tensions could present problems for him if he runs for president. "There are some people who see me as an American who happens to be black. But there...
...Campo, the exclusive resort where singer Michael Jackson secretly married Lisa Marie Presley last year. But Cochran today said that Simpson was at his California home. Reporters staked out a Dominican airport in vain on Sunday, but the rumored aircraft never materialized. Day of Judgment: Photographs from the Simpson Verdict...