Christopher Darden
Christopher Darden
Christopher Allen "Chris" Dardenis an American lawyer, author, actor, lecturer and practicing attorney. He was a 15-year veteran of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, where he was assigned to the prosecution of O. J. Simpson, in which role he gained a great deal of national attention...
happen hurt performance stopped
I think it hurt my performance because I stopped being me. That won't ever happen again.
general
That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted.
guess kids late law power practice school second trying worried
It's too late for that - trying to second guess it. It's over. I'm worried about how to get the kids through school and still write and practice law and take power of attorney.
apparently attorney happened man named race
It's like Mr. Johnnie (defense attorney Cochran) said, 'Race is a part of everything,' ... My race apparently preceded everything I have done. There was Christopher Darden. But first there was an African-American man who happened to be named Christopher Darden.
common common-sense throw
They want you to throw your common sense out the window.
evidence proved true
It is true that Fuhrman is a racist. And it is also true that he (Simpson) killed these two people. And we proved that he killed the two people. The evidence is there, you just have to find your way through the smoke.
book entitled except facts larger next
The next book will be entitled "Brother-in-Law." I won't go into the facts of the book except that it's going to have a much, much larger plot.
case circus defense refer state
This case is a circus and they've made it that way (pointing to the defense team). If they're going to refer me to the state bar, I'll refer them to the U.S. attorney.
brown deserved nicole opinion throat
Is it your opinion Dr. Reichardt that Nicole Brown deserved to have had her throat cut?
describing run trouble
Sometimes I have trouble articulating some things or describing things in a way that I think is necessary. But I never run out of ideas.
writing thinking views
Its much like writing a screenplay with someone else and thats how we view it, I think.
taken law gone
In some ways I'm still recovering from the trial. My health is not as good as it ought to be. I've gone back to practicing law and it seems to have taken a toll for whatever reason.
people black stories
In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved by the story - by the people as a whole - and not by the little things.
crazy real years
I'm real bent on dialogue. I'm just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it's pretty easy to come up with some interesting plots.