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Title: REASONABLE DOUBTS : THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE O. J. SIMPSON CASE by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 0-684-83264-X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 19 February, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good exposition, bad case
Comment: It seems to me that Dershowitz really had two literary objectives with this book:
1) To explain to the American public what it really means to have a burden of proof of "beyond reasonable doubt," and that this sometimes leads to unexpected results without there being a miscarriage of justice. In this respect, he succeeds masterfully - this is a must-read for anyone who feels moral outrage when seemingly guilty defendants are acquitted on "a technicality."
2) To persuade "thoughtful" readers that the OJ Simpson case was a good example of well-founded "reasonable doubt," that, in effect, the planted evidence story was plausible enough to sow reasonable doubt in the public's mind. I (somewhat uncharitably) suspect that Dershowitz of wanting to ingratiate himself with his public who resented the outcome of the criminal trial by casting the case in this light.
This seems to me an unnecessary rationalization of what really is Dershowitz's job as an advocate for his clients - it makes no difference whether OJ is guilty or not - he is entitled to a vigorous defense by the best lawyers he can find, and Dershowitz is perfectly within his right to accept and stick with an assignment as OJ's lawyer. I think that Dershowitz did fine until he included the hypothetical argument on appeal at the end. It was articulate and masterful, but served only to impress me that he's a great attorney and little else. I remain convinced that OJ got away with murder.
Rating: 3
Summary: Stimulating, but not compelling
Comment: Dershowitz raised some very interesting and important issues, but for the most part tries (unsuccessfully) to justify his own lack of integrity. Everyone alive during the Simpson trial knows he's guilty as sin and ought to rotting away in prison. No amount of explanation/interpretation is going to change that. He's guilty. Dershowitz thinks people are so upset because they don't understand all the issues. But that's not true. What so infuriates the general public is that we know he's guilty, we know his defense team knew he was guilty and yet he's free. What disgusts so many people about Dershowitz (and other defense attorneys) is not that he's white and defended a black man, or that he defended someone who mudered a fellow Jew, but that he worked so hard to suppress the truth and set a guilty man free. He didn't strive for truth or justice; he was only concerned with winning. Everyone, no matter how much evidence there is against them deserves a fair trial. But Dershowitz and most other defence attorneys don't want a fair trial. They look for ways to subvert the truth and hide the evidence--and there's no way anyone can call that justice.
Rating: 1
Summary: Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Comment: Alan Dershowitz is deaf, dumb and blind and anyone who doesn't realize this needs help quickly. He has twisted and turned facts so that he can justify his stance with the OJ deal. OJ murdered Nichole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Anyone who can have their brain muddeled by the ravings of this Dershowitz lunatic, needs a dose of reality. OJ was found not guilty in the criminal trial because of, 1.The shenanigans by Johnny Cochroach, Flea Bailey, Carl Douglas, Barry Sheick (spelled wrong) and most importantly Judge Ito, 2. The ignorant, and uneducated jurors who couldn't find their way out of a brown paper sack. Folks, I hate to break the news to you, but there is no "Tooth Fairy"....
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Title: The Best Defense by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 039471380X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 May, 1983 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Outrage : The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder by Vincent Bugliosi ISBN: 0440223822 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 10 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Without a Doubt by Marcia Clark, Teresa Carpenter ISBN: 0670870897 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: American Tragedy by Lawrence Schiller, James Willwerth ISBN: 0380730596 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O. J. Simpson by Tom Lange, Phillip Vannatter, Dan E. Moldea, Philip Vannatter, Philip Vanatter ISBN: 0671009591 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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