In Contempt Christopher A. Darden 1st Ed $26 OJ Simpson


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Author:	Christopher A. Darden, Jess Walter	Edition:	1
Publisher:	Harpercollins	Edition Description:	Illustrated
ISBN-10:	0060391839	Subject:	Law & Government
ISBN-13:	9780060391836	Topic:	--
Format:	Hardcover	Language:	English
Publication Year:	1996	Condition:	Like New
Special Attributes:	1st Edition

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Synopsis
This title is an unflinching look at a justice system kidnapped by a racist cop, shameless defense lawyers, a starstruck judge, and a dysfunctional jury. It shows what the television cameras could not: behind-the-scenes meetings in which Darden tried to determine whether Detective Mark Fuhrman was telling the truth about his racist views; deteriorating relationships between the defense and prosecution teams, with taunting, baiting, and a pushing match between Darden and Simpson; a judge who let the case get out of control while he collected hourglasses from fans and invited celebrities into his chambers. Darden is candid about his own performance--including the brash decision to put the gloves on Simpson--and details the inner workings of the largest prosecution team in California history. He also recounts the strong relationship between himself and Marcia Clark, who was exhausted by the pressures from a bitter ex-husband and demeaning treatment from the other lawyers and Judge Ito.
Size
Length:	387 pages
Height:	9.8 in.
Width:	6.5 in.
Thickness:	1.5 in.
Weight:	28.0 oz.

Publisher's Note
Offers a personal perspective on the O.J. Simpson trial and shares the author's observations on legal strategy, racial issues, and the principal lawyers, officials, and witnesses involved in the case.
Industry reviews
During the trial Mr. Darden seemed, unlike many on view, as if he might be a decent human being. 'In Contempt' leaves you convinced of this. It also has a few revealing scenes that we never saw on television. One is of the defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran, in a rare moment of non-sleeziness, privately hinting to Mr. Darden that he shouldn't call Detective Fuhrman as a witness. . . . But on the whole, Mr. Darden's book is disappointing, because it . . . is touched by the disease of celebrity. Since celebrity evaporates quickly, publishers are rushing the books out at lightning speed. . . . With books like this, you never really know whose voice you're hearing. . . . [Some] descriptions, like that of Ron Goldman's sister 'haunting the hallways like a whispery ghost,' have the unmistakable flavor of being injected into the text by someone else. Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company. New York Times Book Review - Adam Hochschild The conclusion of the trial brings [Darden] to grief and outrage and the title of his book, In Contempt, does not so much refer to the legal term as to the fact he has written in contempt of O.J. Simpson, whom he despises. He expresses his contempt by a long passage, in the first pages, written in the style of hard-boiled fiction. . . . Poor Ron Goldman appears and is slaughtered. . . . Darden goes through the trial, the death of his brother from AIDS, his decision, regretted, to let O.J. try on the glove, his relation to Marcia Clark, the Goldman and Brown families, to Johnnie Cochran. From this book . . . we see that lawyers are prone to rage with their colleagues, on their own side as well as on that of the opponents. Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company. New York Review of Books - Elizabeth Hardwick

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