Dec 31, 2007 · Marcia Clark, born 8-31-53, is the lead attorney in the case. She is assigned to the Special Trials Division. She joined the District Attorney's Office in …
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American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson has brought the contributions of even the non-famous participants in the "Trial of the Century" to light.So far, hardworking prosecutor Bill ...
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He helped prosecute Catherine Thompson, convicted of killing her husband for his insurance money and sentenced to death in 1992. Goldberg also prosecuted Jose Guerra for the murder of as registered nurse who was attacked in her home. Goldberg is a graduate of UCLA and the Loyola Law School.
As a deputy district attorney, he has prosecuted about 30 felony trials including eight murder trials.
He has taken more than 19 homicide cases to jury since becoming a Los Angeles County prosecutor in 1980. Darden became a deputy district attorney in 1981 and completed a six-and-a-half year assignment with the Special Investigations Division before joining the prosecution team.
Barry Scheck, born 9-19-49, is a law professor and director of clinical education at the Cardoza Law School in New York City. He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law.
Alan Dershowitz, born 9-1-38, a Harvard Law School professor and author, won a reversal of the conviction of Claus Von Bulow, who was charged with trying to murder his socialite wife.
William Hodgman, born 12-14-52, is director of the Bureau of Central Operations, which includes the Special Trials Division. He joined the District Attorney's Office in 1978 and has prosecuted about 130 trials, including 40 murder cases. He helped win the 1992 conviction of Charles Keating for securities fraud.
Johnnie Cochran Jr., born 10-2-37, has represented music superstar Michael Jackson and Los Angeles riot victim Reginald Denny.
While Hodgman recovered from the collapse quickly, it showed the intense pressure of the case. In People 's article, he is frequently described with words like "professional," "stabilizing," and "steely.". So it seems The People v. O.J. Simpson shows Hodgman as he was — a quietly competent lawyer who worked incredibly hard on the case.
According to The Los Angeles Times, Hodgman's collapse actually provided an opportunity for the prosecution to delay the trial in order to deal with both Hodgman's illness and the surprise witnesses. Even lead defense attorney Johnnie Cochran said that "he would support a delay in the trial if Hodgman is seriously ill.".
Simpson: The Trial of the Century. "Bill was generally unhappy and uncomfortable during the trial," speculates author Felicia Okeke-Ibezim.
Back in 1995, People reported that Hodgman did in fact pass out during his time on the case, though it isn't clear whether this occurred in the courtroom, as seen in the series.
O.J. Simpson shows Hodgman as he was — a quietly competent lawyer who worked incredibly hard on the case. While Hodgman was disappointed that the defense won the case and Simpson was found not guilty, telling Frontline, "I think the verdicts were an injustice, a failure of justice," he also believes that through his work and that of other prosecutors, "if we work a little harder and do it a little better, the system can work."
Following the Simpson circus, defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, he of the famous phrase “If it doesn’t fit you must acquit," went on to represent Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, winning him an $8.75 million settlement in his police brutality case against New York City.
Cochran died in 2005 from a brain tumor. Combs, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Stevie Wonder, Magic Johnson and Simpson himself attended the funeral. Robert Shapiro, who has gone on to represent celebs like Lindsay Lohan and Eva Longoria, doesn’t like to talk about how the Simpson trial changed his life.
But since the trial he has been busy, founding the websites LegalZoom.com, an online document preparation service, and ShoeDazzle, the shoe rental site helmed by none other than Kim Kardashian. He is also a partner in the firm Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP.
Clark is working on the third installment in her book series, “Guilt By Ambition,” and there is talk of turning the novels into a television series.
DNA evidence that linked OJ Simpson to the crime scene
After an 11 month trial the jury delivered a not guilty verdict on October 3 1995. OJ Simpson was subsequently acquitted for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
The first task for the defence was to explain the presence of blood belonging to OJ Simpson in his car and home. Their case was that OJ Simpson had simply cut himself at his home on the night of the murders and this explained the blood found in his car, driveway and foyer. The defence adduced evidence of two cuts on Simpson’s left middle finger, one of which was said to have been capable of bleeding sufficiently to explain the blood found in the car and on OJ Simpson’s property.
Police also collected blood samples from the vehicle over two months after the homicide. Tests of the samples collected after the crime showed DNA profiles consistent with OJ Simpson, Nicole Brown Smith and Ronald Goldman.
The DNA profile was produced from a bloodstain found near the ankle of one of the socks.
Further evidence showed that the vials of blood from Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman that were used for testing had somehow been contaminated with OJ Simpson’s DNA.
The defence argued that the investigator had unintentionally contaminated the evidence with the blood from the reference vial that was spilled and this explained the presence of OJ Simpson’s DNA.
It was five months into the Simpson trial when The National Enquirer published photos of Clark taken in September 1979 topless on a beach in St. Tropez with her first husband Gaby Horowitz. The photos had been sold to the tabloid by Horowitz's mother Clara, more than a decade after her son's divorce from Clark.
Copy link to paste in your message. Master player: The book writrten by Clark's first husband Gaby Horowitz. Judge Lance Ito (played by Kenneth Choi) announces as soon as she sits at the table, trying to hold back her tears, that he is recessing court until the next morning.
Bad news: Nude photos of Marcia Clark (above in September 1979 with first husband Gaby Horowitz) were sold to The National Enquirer five months into the OJ Simpson trial in February 1995. +10. Copy link to paste in your message. Happy couple: Clark and her second husband Gordon Clark (above) at an event in 1990.
Nude photos of Marcia Clark were sold to The National Enquirer five months into the OJ Simpson trial in February 1995. Taken in the late Seventies, the photos showed Clark topless on a beach in St. Tropez with her first husband Gaby Horowitz. The photos were sold by Horowitz's mother Clara.
Daisy Ridley wanders around set makeup-free as she prepares to shoot scenes for forthcoming film The Marsh King's Daughter in Toronto. Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s wife Lauren Burnham has been hospitalized for 'antibiotic resistant mastitis' but is 'feeling so much better'... a month after welcoming twins.
Clark (played by Sarah Paulson) is called into the office of her boss, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti (played by Bruce Campbell), who produces a copy of the tabloid. Clark is standing naked on the beach in just her bikini bottom in one photo with her arm around Horowitz.
Clark met her second husband Gordon when he was working at the Scientology administrative office, she writes in her book.