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Title: In Contempt by Christopher A. Darden, Jess Walter ISBN: 0-06-039183-9 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (31 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: WHY THE "TRIAL OF THE CENTURY" WAS LOST
Comment: CHRIS DARDEN TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE FACTORS THAT LED TO THE ACQUITTAL OF O.J. SIMPSON. WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE TO BLAME- JUDGE ITO, THE JURY, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, ETC- DARDEN IS RELUCTANT TO ADMIT ANY SHORTCOMINGS ON THE PART OF THE PROSECUTION. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS WHEN HE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS MISTAKE IN HAVING SIMPSON TRY ON THE GLOVE.
ASIDE FROM THIS, THE BOOK IS WRITTEN WITH GREAT SINCERITY AND HONESTY AND IT DOES A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING TO THE READER SOME OF THE HAPPENINGS THAT WENT ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT FEW WOULD KNOW ABOUT. DARDEN PROBABLY COULD HAVE LEFT OUT MUCH OF THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK WHERE HE DETAILS HIS LIFE STORY. THE BOOK SHOULD HAVE CONCENTRATED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE TRIAL ITSELF
Rating: 5
Summary: Darden Has Nothing to Be Ashamed About...
Comment: I was a junior in college when the O.J. Simpson verdict was announced in October 1995, and I bought Chris Darden's book as soon as it was published. I was (and still am) inspired by Darden's story of how he grew up, why he decided to become a lawyer, and all of his personal and professional trials, tribulations, and triumphs - not to mention the guts that it took to agree to be on the prosecution team of "the trial of the century."
Reading about all of the ostracism that Darden suffered by blacks in L.A. (not to mention being all but skewered in the court of national black public opinion) enraged me. The fact that he was labeled a "sellout," "Uncle Tom," and a "race traitor" of the worst kind for prosecuting (as was his job) a wealthy black celebrity athelete - whom most people, including blacks, knew was guilty as hell! - made me realize as a young black man that sometimes we as blacks indeed are our own worst enemy. As Darden poignantly points out, supporting a black man who, based on the evidence, murdered his white wife and her friend is not "getting back at the [white] man." To add insult to injury, after the verdict and subsequent black celebrations, some black lawyers group decided to "honor" Darden at a dinner - with Johnnie Cochran as the guest speaker, no less - with what I'll term a BLACK GUILT-ASSUAGING AWARD. This was basically their way of saying to Darden, after taking him to the public opinion woodshed for over a year, that "You're still 'down' with us. You're welcome back into the community." In accepting his award, Darden, to his credit, let them know: "You don't have to welcome me back into the community, because I never left."
Christopher Darden has nothing to be ashamed about. He honored the legal profession by doing his civic duty to the best of his ability as an officer of the court AND the law. We could all learn a lot from his example.
Rating: 1
Summary: Just another racist
Comment: I see where there have been books! written analyzing and questioning Christopher Dardens loyalty to his "people". Well
never fear, if you read his book you will learn that Christopher A. Darden is a racist. He should of never served on this trial.
Both him, Marcia Clark and judge Ito should have never been assigned to this trial. The whole thang was pay back for Rodney King anyway. Hey, it never ends.
Be sure and get the book thru your library tho. You don't want to support a racist.
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Title: Without a Doubt by Marcia Clark, Teresa Carpenter ISBN: 0670870897 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Outrage : The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder by Vincent Bugliosi ISBN: 0440223822 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 10 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O. J. Simpson by Tom Lange, Phillip Vannatter, Dan E. Moldea, Philip Vannatter, Philip Vanatter ISBN: 0671009591 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Murder in Brentwood by Mark Fuhrman, Mark Fuhrman ISBN: 0821758551 Publisher: Kensington Mass Market Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: REASONABLE DOUBTS : THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE O. J. SIMPSON CASE by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 068483264X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 19 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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