{"id":1743,"date":"2024-10-07T11:39:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites-recherche.univ-rennes2.fr\/ace\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1743"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:57:30","slug":"seminaire-popular-culture-politics-and-identity-the-political-and-cultural-impacts-of-the-oj-simpson-trial","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/sites-recherche.univ-rennes2.fr\/ace\/evenement\/seminaire-popular-culture-politics-and-identity-the-political-and-cultural-impacts-of-the-oj-simpson-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e9minaire \u00ab\u00a0Popular Culture, Politics and Identity\u00a0\u00bb \/ \u00ab\u00a0An accident waiting to happen: was the acquittal of O.J. Simpson inevitable?\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update 29\/01\/25: <strong>s\u00e9ance UNIQUEMENT EN VISIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guillaume Thomas (Universit\u00e9 Lyon 3): <strong>\u201cAn accident waiting to happen: was the acquittal of O.J. Simpson inevitable?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><i style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">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\u2019s legal team. Without minimizing the impact of the errors committed during the criminal proceedings, it may be stated that the failure of the \u201cTrial of the Century\u201d, 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 \u2013 thus raising significant questions about the fairness of the U.S. justice system.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>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\u2019s legal team. Without minimizing the impact of the errors committed during the criminal proceedings, it may be stated that the failure of the \u201cTrial of the Century\u201d, 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 \u2013 thus raising significant questions about the fairness of the U.S. justice system.<\/p>\n<p>Captation de la s\u00e9ance accessible en ligne : <a href=\"https:\/\/scalelite-conf.univ-rennes2.fr\/playback\/presentation\/2.3\/f847f2dec7a8b9e35fcf82e1bf8e53c1e767644b-1738234503783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/scalelite-conf.univ-rennes2.fr\/playback\/presentation\/2.3\/f847f2dec7a8b9e35fcf82e1bf8e53c1e767644b-1738234503783<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 29\/01\/25: s\u00e9ance UNIQUEMENT EN VISIO Guillaume Thomas (Universit\u00e9 Lyon 3): \u201cAn accident waiting to happen: was the acquittal of O.J. 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