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The Run of His Life by Jeffrey Toobin
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The Run of His Life

by Jeffrey Toobin

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This book was easy to read without being a fluffy and/or sensationalized look at the Simpson trial. It didn't get bogged down in a lot of legalese or long dreary transcripts from the trial, but gave a good clear picture of the process. The author does interject his opinions at some points but it doesn't come across as a personal view. Interesting to read years after the events, now that Cochran has passed away, and OJ has been in the news again.
  dihiba | Dec 4, 2007 |
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Now out in paperback (with a new chapter on the civil trial), and still at the head of the very crowded class of O. J. books, this isn't just a book for O. J. junkies; it's a book for anyone who wants to understand how the criminal justice system breaks down. Toobin, a former prosecutor, chronicles the great and small things that led to what he views as a miscarriage of justice, such as the prosecution's courting of the media, which took the grand jury out of the process and forced a preliminary hearing in which the defense got an unnecessarily good peek at the case; Marcia Clark's decision to ignore a high-powered (and pro bono) jury consultant's advice and to go instead with her "gut"; and Chris Darden's impetuous and unilateral decision to have Simpson try on the gloves. Of course, there was also a jury that utterly failed to deliberate--Toobin reports that just after returning the verdict, one black juror explained her decision this way: "We've got to protect our own."

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