**THIS CLIP HAS BEEN REPOSTED TO PROVIDE A BETTER VIEWING COPY. OJ Simpson criminal trial from January 25th, 1995. (Christopher Darden, Johnnie Cochran, Raw, Uncut)
can you imagine if Johnnie Cochran was the District Attorney and Darden was O.J.'s attorney. I would be willing to bet that he would have been found guilty.
Johnnnie Cochran played an integral role in the defense but you can’t discount what Alan, Barry and F Lee Bailey did for the case. IMO, with out any of those 4 lawyers, OJ would’ve been found guilty
He was a wife abuser. He had a secret wife and kids. He wasn't a good lawyer. He was good at preaching and lying to get people like him to not pass judgment on O.j. He was a con artist and he died of a brain tumor.
@@slyjokergThey should be ashamed for correctly ruling that there was NOT proof beyond a REASONABLE DOUBT that OJ committed the murders? Just admit you are a fanatic who never cared about the truth
I think that was the prosecutions big mistake…know the audience. Too long, too much science etc. I don’t think OJ would have won with Shipario. He was not relatable…but Cochran was a master. I still know OJ did it! He’s gone now 🔥
man the prosecution was completely OUTLAWYERED! notice how the prosecution was glued more to their papers than the defense. For a good opening or speaker in general, you can't be glued to the paper in front of you.
Watching the prosecution opening defense Cochran and his team were calm and silent listening to the opening statement. When it was Cochran turn for his opening statement and downplaying the prosecution with his smooth communicated evidences, the prosecution were shifting in their seats, interrupting Cochran for the judge to intervene, and staring with the we fucked up look 😅
he set the prosecution up by saying stuff he shouldn't have said knowing they'd object and he planned for that. is incredibly obvious. he had his whole speech based upon it lol
I watched the trial every day in 1995 and I felt that he was guilty...but watching it now, I will say that I think Johnny Cochran could convince me of anything if I had been on that jury. He's very smooth and charming, just like O.J.
Christy Adams, the jury do get all of the evidence to take back into the Deliberation room all of the evidence that was put into evidence to see the facts without Cochran just have to help them along with the judge to be honest and follow the law
I watched it everyday and knew he wasn’t guilty after all the evidence was presented. I started thinking he could have possibly murdered them. Racist, corrupt L.A. PD was KNOWN for planting evidence to railroad innocent people and OJ would have been one of them if he didn’t have the money to hire the Dream Team
"UNCUT" my ass. Here's what missing when Johnny Cochran is cut from approx. 12;45 up to and including 13:11. Here is what Mr. Cochran says during the dubbed portion of this "Uncut" OJ trial: ..."THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THAT THE PROSECUTION IN THIS CASE HAS ENLISTED THE SERVICES OF MANY, MANY POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, THE FBI, MANY LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES. THEY HAVE GONE AROUND THE WORLD TALKING TO WITNESSES. BUT THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THEY FAILED TO GO NEXT DOOR TO MR. SIMPSON'S HOUSE AND TALK TO A WITNESS THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT WHO PROVIDED HIM WITH AN ALIBI, AND THERE ARE OTHER WITNESSES LIKE THAT AND WE WILL HAVE TO ONLY ASK OURSELVES WHY.... "
If you followed the trial without the media influence as I did during 1995 but I have watched just straight court room here and I understand how the jury voted not guilty... I’m not stating I don’t think he did it but the prosecution made many many mistakes..The burden is on the people..The so called dream team created more than enough reasonable doubt..The Law is very clear..you can’t find someone guilty just because you think he did it..The prosecution were just out lawyered..and Fung was a disaster for the prosecution..and that’s where collecting the evidence began..
I remember watching this opening back in ‘95 and was amazed that OJ’s attorneys were actually able to come up with a defense. Before the trial it seemed like there was a mountain of evidence against him that was indisputable. Johnny Cochran and Barry Scheck did an amazing job that I did not believe was possible. RIP Mr. Johnny.
It wasn't the dream team that acquitted him he was innocent all along and there wasn't enough evidence to even go to trial. The bad prosecution didn't help themselves neither
@@KeeshanCook-qm8mj Way too much for me to describe in this reply. If you are familiar with the case you know. People are convicted on one fingerprint or one drop of blood or mere circumstantial evidence. Never has there been a case with this much blood evidence and circumstantial evidence where the accused is found not guilty. It has never happened. The evidence was so great against OJ that his defense team could not challenge it directly so instead they focused on the investigation process and motives and race. They knew that was the only way to explain things like Goldman’s blood found in OJ’s Bronco, even though Goldman has never been inside OJ’s bronco.
the actor who played cochran in American Crime Story, the resemblance between both is uncanny. absolutely incredible casting. not just that, but the entire ensemble was perfectly cast.
Omg yes dude, i literally just watched that part a few minutes ago and it’s the same thing I was thinking. And Ito is a dick! He’s so petty. It seemed like he overruled the objection because he didn’t like Chris Darden or the other prosecutor guy. It seemed personal almost.
@@BoringDad1272 you dont have to be a judge to notice when someone is ruling from emotion or bias throughout a trial. just the same as the judge when oj went to jail in Vegas. she was obviously punishing him to makeup for this trial which isn't okay. judges need to keep bias out of rulings or we dont get fair trials
You will see during closing how Darden tells the jury to go back to the opening argument where the defense promised you will see all of this evidence. Where was that evidence, it never materialized. Then Cochran gets up and says the defense doesn’t have the burden of proof. We can sit there and do nothing if we so choose. Darden made a great point, although Cochran was right, but who would remember 11 months ago?
Yeah but it didn't do him no good. Cursed helping oj . I truly believe if he didn't take that case , he would be alive today . Only Jonny could got off oj.
@@30000Carol In this land you need an unscrupulous lawyer to secure your rights, besides, that's his job. If I'd have to make it a racial thing to save my client, heck, I'd not hesitate a second.
Tom Plan he nearly started a riot. He was a wonderful civil rights lawyer, no doubt about it, but he did things outside of court that really did make LA steam, simmer. It had just gotten over the Rodney King riots, and he was inciting ANOTHER one. It was reckless and dangerous. But, as a defense lawyer, he was amazing. Totally unscrupulous in his defence of his clients.
@@csea4672 it was though, like the comment about the "ugly mood" wich was literally rebuffed during opening statement. Not to mention the fact that it wasn't relevant. Like Cochran said, it was a murder case, not a domestic abuse case. If OJ had committed domestic abuse he should've been charged with that. You are innocent until proven guilty, so to accuse him of domestic abuse that he isn't and hasn't been charged with, in a murdercase, is simple character assasination.
I think if you watch Christopher Darden on the previous day you will see him villifying OJ Simpson during his daughters recital. He claims OJ was menacing angry and in a horrible mood and videotapes will show that not to be true.
Yes-It-Is!! The prosecution must convince the jury -WITH ACTUAL EVIDENCE- beyond a reasonable doubt, not by making the jury dislike the accused. The accused DOES NOT HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING! Why do people forget, or ignore that- unless they are the one accused?
RIP Mr Cochrane you were a true patriot of the Constitution and defending a persons rights that's he's innocent until they prove it beyond a reasonable doubt these days layers should watch a real lawyer defending a persons rights due process under the law
@@shirellediana yah man.. for some reason people think ethnic responses to extreme racism implies the addressing party is equally as racist as the proven racist..smh..to live in ignorance must truly be bliss..
People like to say the defense was being slick and they have character flaws but in all honesty during Johnnie Cochran‘s opening statement the people constantly interrupted him claiming his opening statement was argumentative at some point you have to let it go after the judge overruled your objections .
Marcia Clark lying about what Ron Goldman was wearing was stupid. Now I will watch this whole trial and be skeptical of every word that comes out of her mouth! That was judt plain dumb of her!
@@lynndragoman1573 I'm talking about THIS case with THESE specific jurors. Don't get yo panties in a bunch. You know this is the truth. Stevie Wonder can see OJ was guilty.
@@lynndragoman1573 I understand...certain ppl in society are not intelligent enough to discern what "reasonable" means...it takes a little intelligence and you have to deprogram all that Al Sharpton brainwashing...LOL!
In being able to watch the preliminary hearing and the trial itself; gives a better understanding of what went wrong, with this trial. Right from the start the prosecustion team was trying to stop the defense from representing OJ with the same evidence that they had. Evidence still being collected during the actual trial. How could the prosecustion team not know that the police and certain witnesses where going to be a liability for the State. The opening statements are pretty much the result of the whole case that took almost a year and a half. Why was the State lying so much in this trial Ms Clark Dummy Darden and the police blew this case.
They actually did try to have that excluded bc him being a racist really is irrelevant to the murders but since he found the glove at ojs he had to testify. The judge should have said no. It turned into a nightmare in that courtroom and with the judge setting the tone for the court, he made everyone favor the defense with his behavior
They did know and they were scared to death because they were assigned the case and Mr.Cochran dug out all the dirt and threw it in their face. The police AND the prosecution blew this case.
The answer to your question is not one of the prosecutors had any Common Sense !!! And a Rush to Accuse Mr. Orenthal James Simpson at all Cost, and the it backed 🔥. The good Lord sit's hi and look low.. No Weapons formed against #Oj Shall Prosper..
Cochran was one of the bravest American man in the whole American history. He had the courage to represent the most hated African Americans in DEMOCRATIC AMERICA. Respect 🫡 RIP!!!
Well I have to say my perception has evolved as my emotional attachment has dissolved. I’m not angry at either side or even taken sides as I had pretty early on when I watched this what ? a few decades ago. I find Johnny Cochran intellectually fascinating. I’m watching this amiable defense lawyer address a jury with such entertaining finesse.. he’s actually seducing them in the non sexual way and it’s his style and hard not to like him and to look forward to every word (he can get away with...) I remember in real time having an immediate dislike for the entire defense team, especially Shapiro and Cochran along with affection for Darden and Marcia Clark. Now I’m fond of all of them and empathize with a bunch of lawyers who were right at the very beginning of the enormous public interest in live trials that has followed ever since. But this was the raw beginning when possibly some less comfortable than others on national television. Johnny appears quite comfortable as he’s talking to the jury more than outlining a case. The pundits were brutal back then as well. Marcia Clark changed her hairstyle ( big deal ) but also the not so frivolous speculation on Chris Darden’s late entry into the state’s case. Common sense can presume he was carefully placed when the news was out about a vulgar racist cop who would be presenting damaging evidence... but that kind of speculation failed to consider he was also a talented impassioned attorney whose participation was as vital for these attributes as well as for making a prosecution table less white. Less linked with the racism they themselves brought into the case and onto the stand to testify ... which was their big mistake not the fault of the defense for using the info to discredit a damaging witnesses who handled (literally) too much physical evidence, too much with a record like his. . To put a known racist officer on the stand against these sharp brilliant lawyers was thoughtless or arrogant. No case is strong enough to weather that kind of intrusion. It had nothing to do with the race of the jurors. It had to do with the racism of one crucial witness mistakenly entrusted in handling crucial evidence that could have been either exculpatory or damaging (incriminating) and thus he was miscast for that role. A public servant who serves only some is no longer serving anyone especially when he carries a gun.
12:20 From watching William Dear's documentary about Jason being the possible killer. For any body language expert, look at Jason's reaction when Johnnie says ''None of us were out there on June 12th 1994'' Seems fairly uncomfortable.
I was 9 years old when this was happening. I would get mad cause it ruin my afternoon cartoons. But as an adult now, glad I can watch it. I would say again I did ruin my childhood cartoons dammit lol.
Johnnie was so prepared tho. The film showed how he rearranged OJ home with his family pics , got rid of the old ones he had. He did it all for OJ. Real Lawyer, at heart for him. 💕 That's love..
@@DingaDee the other lawyers (Shapiro, kardashian, etc) were also getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars but they didn’t put in the effort that Cochran did. Cochran did the extra mile
@@mstineyjones422 Yeah he knew OJ had abandoned the black community once he got famous and knew the jury wouldn’t like that. So he had to “black his house up”
🤯🤯 ~ I’ve heard more info than I ever knew before. I thought OJ was guilty all of my life, this new information is quite compelling to show that maybe he is not guilty. I know the trial is just starting, but I had to mention this. But for normal humans it’s difficult to change your mind when you have believe something your entire life, no matter how much evidence is thrown at you. I do think I’m better and having the ability to be self reflective, but that doesn’t mean I’m immune to emotional feelings. I recognize my emotions and why I’m having them more than I think the average person does, but I’m not immune.
@@annasrobloxchannel3816 the defense never tested the dna evidence. The prosecutions lab made a mistake on the report and the defense exploited that calling to question the reliability of the evidence. Smart of the defense but it doesn’t make Simpson less guilty, just the beneficiary of a good defensive strategy. The defense has the benefit of not having the burden of proving anything. All the defense needs to do is create doubt and attack every bit of evidence that points to Simpson’s guilt.
What a ridiculous jump to imply that a drug cartel is in the business of sending 4 man hit squads to kill their rich customers.... all of the defenses plots should have been discredited by the prosecution.
Agreed. Since when do cartels supply directly to users to start with? There are typically about 4 middle men between the cartel and the street level user.
The film is so funny to me. I enjoyed watching it. The whole team seem like it was a game to win. Whenever things go their way they shaking hands laughing . The movie was a joy to watch. The People vs OJ Simpson. Must See! 😊 All the characters looks so much like the real.. Except Cuba, why him.? RIParad🌴e Johnnie 😘💖
He gave Nicole’s family 50 yard line tickets at the Super Bowl. I’m pretty sure they’d much rather have Nicole alive, raising her kids and living a happy life. What a scum bag.
A jury in Santa Monica would've had a better chance of rendering OJ a guilty verdict. It was the jurisdiction where the crime happened. They only moved it to Downtown LA because they wanted to accomodate the intense media coverage.
Say it with me: 'the jury that acquitted O J Simpson was comprised of blacks, whites, and hispanics, and the verdict was unanimous '. Are you saying that there are more people in other areas who believe the police never cheat, never plant evidence, never abuse, never frame people of color? Does that make them racist? Or naive? Or indifferent? Or just unintelligent? Or all of the above?
Is this really how an opening statement should be? Sounds more like a counter argument of the prosecutions opening. And Judge Ito is very obviously biased. Despite the people raising very valid concers and objections he ignored them. If you were pulled along with this you obviously cant think for yourself or stick to the facts.
Goldman could not have had the glasse's.The testimony was Juditha left at 8.36 she also got ice cream with Nicole. Ron left at 9.22.The first call from Juditha to the Mezza was at 10.17.
1:27:07 this is when the murders started. 10:40pm.. Oj was at his house at 11:02pm to meet Allen Park. So if OJ committed this crime he was moving at the speed of light🤦♂️
No,, the guy’s guilty as sin , but after the cops got away with beating the dog shit out of Rodney King , no black man could be found guilty of anything, ( period )). .!
F. Lee (Perry Mason) Bailey looks like he's paying attention, but in reality, he's figuring out how to hide all this cheddar he's being paid from the IRS ................ 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆. Mister dramatics. LOL.
Wanna be completely tripped out? "The Norwegian Weather Rocket Incident January 25th 1995" ^^^go look it up. *Arguably the closest we ever came to an real Nuclear War by complete accident
We were in the 1st grade I'm co.puter class. Apple computers. The new ones. The principle came over the announcements with one announcement, Interrupted the regular scheduled broadcast. Oj Simpson is innocent. We all cheered. We had one black kid on our school. My grade. All we knew was football and naked gun.
I wonder if the jury now feels that they got it wrong. With all that specticle this case was and still is we forgot that there was never justice for the victims. And as far as I'm concerned there never will be because of double jeaopardy.
I am sure they feel fine because they did their job correctly. They were/are human beings who understood this man is being railroaded by you vilgilantees !!! Thank god you devils were mostly eliminated from the jury.
@@salj.5459 He could have sold his name and likeness for many books with a different storyline . He didn't tho. I mean guilty conscience is a thing even in the court of law.
Well I’m up to Feb 15 and I’m beginning to remember why I was screaming at the tv scream a lot during this trial. But I think I’m a little more ‘conditioned’ from immersing myself in the Arias trial for example. Here I see the exact opposite type of judge and we needed a kindergarten teacher like Ito for that trial definitely. Here I think the egos at the defense table weren’t so pleased in being talked down to .. and I do believe these highly evolved lawyers’ high level of confidence was indeed appropriate ...they earned it. But the way this judge began to berate the State’s lawyers in front of the jury had a major effect on how the jury viewed the testimony they presented. I don’t think they could have made a case on appeal but even if he attempted to lecture the two sides with an even hand, it sure seemed focused on the prosecution and a lot of time Marcia Clark sort of laughed it off. Did anyone knowledgeable ever critiqué judge Ito ? I’d be curious to read that.
Judge Ito was called the best judge by F Lee Bailey and Marcia Clark agreed. Judge Ito also dismissed court on the day Marcias mother inlaw released topless photos of her to the national enquirer
I remember Simpson from when I was a little girl. He was a household name. I know nothing about Football so I had no opinion on OJ Simpson. When these murders took place I had just turned 19 on June 4th. I didn't have an opinion until I watched the trial. I couldn't develop an opinion just from the news and Enquirer magazines! I was more convinced by the prosecution once I watched and saw the evidence. The way these 2 people were brutally murdered is unimaginable. Detective Lange described it as "A very violent confrontation.... RAAAGE!" I would agree! This crime had a lot of rage behind it. The drug link is a joke. This was planned for Nicole. Ron walked up at the worst time possible. He had minutes to live at that point. What a tragedy. The prosecution timeline made a lot of sense to me. My opinion isn't biased by Oj's fame. I just think he did it because the evidence tells me he did!
Me too! I am the same age as you. OJ was hugely loved. At first I didn’t believe it but 💯 percent think he did it! People not alive then will never know how big this was! Oj gone now so his biggest juror has the final say
JusticeForTheSilenced What hair, hat, gloves or footprints? You mean the glove that did NOT fit? Why do you all ignore the fact that Nicole was addicted to coke and owed her supplier thousands of dollars. You don’t think that’s why she was murdered?
Johnny Cochran constantly referring to Nicole Simpson as "his wife", when they were divorced since February 25, 1992 is nasty work. Epitome of the devil's advocate par excellence. He was definitely the guy you needed when you're caught up in some deep shit. 😮
Crazy...this day in court almost didnt happen. 1/25/95, Boris Yeltsin was mins away fr launching a full on nuclear attack on US. He decided otherwise. Look it up. Prob closest we've ever come to World ending
Gmama 10 ...it was not about money, for the most part!....it was his ego, and dilusional pride that eventually destroyed him!...remember the old saying!....."pride comes before a fall"...I think it's from PROVERBS in the Bible!
