Guillaume Thomas (Université Lyon 3): « The political and cultural impacts of the OJ Simpson trial »
When American football legend O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the double murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, a dirty game of finger-pointing began. Some blamed the debacle on the incompetence of the state professionals involved (often starting with lead prosecutor Marcia Clark), others on the cynicism of O.J. Simpson’s legal team. Without minimizing the impact of the errors committed during the criminal proceedings, it may be stated that the failure of the “Trial of the Century”, which left long-lasting scars on American society, was inevitable. One argument is that it was almost impossible for O.J. Simpson to be convicted, because of the social, racial, and geographic context in which the trial took place – thus raising significant questions about the fairness of the U.S. justice system.
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