Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie L Cochran, Jr.was an American lawyer best known for his leadership role in the defense and criminal acquittal of O. J. Simpson for the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth2 October 1937
CountryUnited States of America
cap knit
If I put this knit cap on, who am I?
simpson
O.J. Simpson always said he didn't do it.
asked case lawyer mention move provided simpson somewhat television
The only mention I'll make of the Simpson case is that it provided a sea-change for all of our lives. I'm still the same lawyer as I was before, but the opportunities were somewhat different and I was asked to move to New York, at least part of the time, to do a television show.
fully privilege situation sure
What he's doing is violating attorney-client privilege in this whole situation and I'm not sure he fully understands or comprehends the import of what he's doing,
life means terror understand
I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can't just walk around free like we did; life has changed.
family people room sitting slaves
In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.
If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.
life review since talking
They're going to be talking about life since the verdict, ... It's kind of appropriate to review that.
aware bob came planting played problem pursue race talking
The one problem that I would like for him to be aware of ... Bob Shapiro had started talking about Fuhrman planting the glove long before I ever came on the case. And, in fact, we never played any race card. What we did was pursue the credibility card.
home planning rest
He's at home now, I think, and he's planning the rest of his life.
criminal level reached
has not reached the level where it is admissible in criminal courts.
central fall guardians
He is central to the prosecution, and for them to say he's not important is untrue, and you will not fall for it because as guardians of justice, you can't let it happen.
verge
As you know, we are on the verge of resting, but I think we are going to have to re-evaluate that.
nice compassion want
Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.