As a "documentary" TV series, it should faithfully reflect historical events in an objective and neutral manner, especially in reality Simpson was acquitted in this criminal case. However, when watching the complete play, the smart audience has guessed the screenwriter's position-that Simpson is guilty. Although he showed the views of both sides as restrained as possible, he cleverly guided the perception and cognition in the form of presentation and detailed depiction, such as focusing on the mourning of the victim's parents, the suspicion of Simpson's friends, the glorious image of the prosecutor, and so on. Of course, today when documentaries cannot be "truthly" recorded, why bother to force TV people not to presume a standpoint? But this is still a drama worth watching, and the Simpson case deserves to be a representative case in the global law classroom. If you want to understand "No Suspected Crime" and "Procedural Justice", "American Crime Story" is the best introductory science drama. The Great Escape of the 1st Century The show begins on the night that Simpson's ex-wife Nicole was killed. Simpson came out of the house and took the scheduled taxi to the airport. The idol looked as usual, smiled friendly at the driver, and explained that he was later than the agreed time because he overslept. Then the camera switched to the door of Nicole's house. The barking puppy caught the neighbor's attention. He found two bloody corpses in Nicole's house. The deceased woman was Nicole Brown Simpson, and behind her was Lang Goldman, the waitress of the restaurant, who had their throats cut by a sharp weapon.
The police broke in. Fortunately, Nicole and Simpson's children were safe and sound. Police Officer Foreman volunteered to go to his ex-husband's house to inform Simpson. He broke into Simpson's home and found evidence of blood on the white mustang, blood gloves behind the guest room, and blood socks in the bedroom on the second floor. Simpson was already in Chicago at the moment. After receiving the police notice, Simpson rushed back to California early in the morning. In spite of the strong opposition from the lawyer, he alone accepted the police's one-hour questioning. At that time, the police found Simpson injured his finger. He explained that he was too excited to break the mirror and injured when he learned of the death of his ex-wife. After several days of investigation, the police decided to list Simpson as the main suspect in preparation for arrest. Simpson's good friend, and the father of the Kardashian sisters who later became famous for the reality show, Robert Kardashian came to accompany his friend for the first time. At the same time, Simpson also hired a well-known lawyer, Sapiro, who has fought lawsuits for many celebrities and has maintained a good relationship with the New York Police Department. Under his proposal, Simpson did not have to be "arrested", but was sent to the police station by the lawyer himself. When Sapiro was about to accompany Simpson back to the police station, Simpson who was upstairs had disappeared. Subsequently, almost all TV stations broadcast this scene, and even the live NBA Finals switched to the hunting scene: the helicopter team, the ground patrol fleet was fully deployed, and dozens of police cars followed Simpson's white Ford on the Los Angeles highway. vehicle.
Ford never dreamed that it won a free large-scale global advertisement like this... (I'm sorry to point out) Because everyone is very slow, the white Ford doesn't seem to want to flee quickly, the picture looks very funny, and more It's like an escort in a line. Cheers everywhere the Ford passed. People walked out of the house, holding up placards, shouting "OJ go! OJ go!" as if they were cheering for him on a football field. The Ford made a big circle and stopped at Simpson. At the door of his house, he eventually went to the police station. In the United States, where race relations are tense, many Africans believe that the prosecution believes that Simpson is the murderer, but that the senior management wants to destroy a rare "black idol." According to a CNN poll in 1994, most whites believed Simpson was guilty, but most blacks believed that the charges against Simpson were incorrect. Although the defense attorneys of the case also played the racial card, it would be too low-end to simply attribute the Simpson case to the crime of using racism to arouse indignation. In fact, this is by no means a case of using money or public opinion to influence justice, but a classic case of defense that starts to win from the chain of evidence. 2 Reasonable suspicion is that "I would rather miss a thousand nets than wrong one person" is considered to be one of the characteristics of the American judicial system. Although it is often complained about, it is more than "I would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go." The key factor in preventing civilians from being involved in unjust cases. Simply put, in the court trial, if the prosecutor wants to accuse the defendant of guilt, he must present conclusive and credible evidence to prove the crime. On the surface, the evidence in the Simpson case is impeccable, but in fact it is all circumstantial evidence (there is no direct evidence such as witnesses). The jury can only convict the defendant when it is convinced that the evidence has reached the standard of "excluding all reasonable doubt". In "American Crime Story", many doubts in this case are also truly reproduced.
The contaminated scene After Nicole was found dead, the police chief patted his forehead and directly dispatched four police officers from the first murder scene to Simpson's home to inform. Wearing police boots and uniforms that were likely to be stained with blood, they entered the Simpson house directly, violating the basic guidelines for criminal investigations. In order to "protect" the scene, the police took a few sheets from Nick's apartment and put them on the body. But Simpson spent the night at Nick's apartment from time to time after marriage, and often came to visit the child, so the sheets with his hair and dander were covered on the two victims. The homes that you want to search for , the Foreman police officer who volunteered to lead the Simpsons home, in a non-emergency situation, knowing that he did not have a search permit, still searched the home. Coincidentally, the key evidence in this case was discovered by the same police officer. The defense used this to infer that the reason Foreman rushed into the house and searched it was likely to take the opportunity to forge evidence and use guile to frame the defendant. Blood samples can not trust the police to extract blood samples to the laboratory after, not only failed to deliver a step away Simpson, but carry blood back to the murder scene outside the 32 km. The police actually took the suspect's blood sample and walked around the blood-stained murder scene for three hours before handing it to the inspector Dennis Feng who was sampling and surveying the scene at the time. During the trial, the police station nurse appeared in court to testify and took approximately 7.9 to 8.7 milliliters of blood samples from Simpson. However, defense experts found only 6.5 milliliters of blood samples in the police laboratory. In other words, about 1.4 to 2.2 milliliters of Simpson's blood sample disappeared. Experts also found a very high concentration of EDTA when inspecting bloodstains at the scene. What is EDTA? It is a blood anticoagulant commonly used in blood samples. btw, the expert who discovered this point was Chinese criminal forensics expert Li Changyu, but this character did not appear in "American Crime Story". At this time, there is no need for a defense lawyer to remind, people will have reasonable suspicion: that is, the police are eager to decide the case, and sprinkle points from the Simpson blood sample directly to the crime scene, "creating" a perfect evidence. Forty-one nigger
"In the past 10 years, have you ever used the term'nigger'?" "As far as I can remember, never used it." "You mean, if you call someone a nigger, you too Just forgot?" "I'm not sure if I can answer the question you asked in this way." "In other words, I want you to admit that since 1985 or 1986, perhaps you have been at some point Calling a certain black man a nigger, maybe you have forgotten it yourself?" "No, it's impossible." "Are you swearing an oath on this?" "That's exactly what I meant."
This wonderful conversation was precisely the cross-examination by the defense lawyer Lee Bailey of the prosecution's key witness, Officer Foreman. This is also the only race-related aspect of this case, and it is also a key point that reflects the superb court defense and evidence collection capabilities of the defense lawyers.
The defense obtained a recording of a 10-year interview with Foreman by a female playwright. In the recording, Foreman used "Nigger" for forty-one times wherever black people were mentioned. In addition, there are many extreme statements, such as:
"You just don't understand. You don't need rules to be a police officer. It's all based on feeling. Go to the fucking rules. It's enough for us to bluff at the time." "I once detained a miscellaneous person who didn't belong to this area. If I had to give a reason, I would be stupefied to say that this person was suspected of theft." "The police are not easy to provoke. We just killed people in court. I also know how to say it." " I hope to see all the niggers gather in a bunch and burn to death or bomb them to death."
Foreman also worshipped Hitler and collected a large number of Nazi military medals. When Simpson's attorney asked him: "Did you plant or fabricate evidence in this case?", his answer turned out to be: "I ask to quote my right to the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution." Article 5 is "no." Forcing people to incriminate themselves in any criminal case". This sentence has also been expanded to read: One cannot be forced to give testimony against oneself. If this conversation were learned by the jury, how would they interpret this sentence? In Furman’s recordings, there are not only a large number of attacks against blacks, but also many derogatory speeches against Hispanics, Jews, and women. They even attacked the wife of Judge Ito in this case. Judge Ito was almost asked to evade it because of this. case. Fortunately, Ito is indeed an upright judge. He not only avoided Foreman’s answer from being known by the jury, but also only selected two short sentences in the long recording to be heard by the jury, and he did not agree to what the defense requested. The playback recording described the police fabricated. Reasons for arresting people, destroying evidence and other parts.
What Ito did was to prevent the jury from being affected by race cards and making irrational judgments. The defense was extremely angry at such a ruling, and they expected the high recordings to be greatly discounted. In the play, we can see that the jury in the Simpson case was completely isolated. They lived in a hotel that could not communicate with the outside world. There was no internet or TV. In other words, no matter what kind of uproar this recording caused in the outside world, how much racism it caused, the jury at the center of the case knew nothing about it. This is why we mentioned at the beginning that it is inappropriate to attribute the Simpson case to the victory of the race card. The case became the focus of public opinion in later generations, and it often gave followers the illusion that Simpson relied on the emotional impact of the defense lawyer's race card, which caused the jury to make a sentimental decision to acquit him, and the prosecutor and the victim were the defense. The victim of shameless sophistry. Media people like to spread such fallacies, and they are also happy to emphasize the influence of sensational public opinion on the case. This makes their mouthpieces more valuable, and the writing looks awesome. However, the settlement of the Simpson case is not a victory for power and money, nor is it a farce of the supremacy of public opinion, but a truly rational scientific judgment. If Simpson is found guilty, it is a sentimental punishment that ignores the chain of evidence full of errors and omissions. 3 Faces of all living beings
In order to reflect the sense of reality, the play can be described as painstaking in the selection of actors. From hairstyle, clothes and even face, all strive to be close to the prototype character. The relationship between colorful characters and real characters is a highlight of this play. (Left prototype, right role)
The Dream Lawyer Group appeared one by one in this play, and even in the play, they restored all kinds of torture and quarrels about who is the chief lawyer. Sure enough, there are rivers and lakes where there are people. Kirchran later easily kicked Sapiro to the upper position.
Sapiro, a well-known Jewish lawyer, used to be the lawyer of Hollywood star Marlon Brando; Kirchran, a famous black lawyer, served as the deputy attorney general of Los Angeles in the 1970s, and later went to the sea to open business and became a highly prestigious lawyer in the legal profession. Lawyer, once helped music superstar Michael Jackson in a lawsuit; Li Bailey, a well-known criminal lawyer, one of the top cross-examination masters in the legal world; Schek, an authority who specializes in the application of DNA evidence in criminal cases; Baiden, a forensic expert, once Kennedy served as the chief forensic doctor in the assassination case; Ullman, a California legal expert and dean of the University of California Santa Clara School of Law, served as a defense attorney for Ellsberg in the "Pentagon Document Leakage Case".
The young Kardashian sisters also appeared in the play, and the father's warning to the child now looks quite funny.
Of course, there is also the charming female prosecutor Clark, a gentle single mother, and a brave professional woman.
It is worth mentioning that because of the tremendous attention received by the case, every move of the prosecutor and defense lawyers has been criticized by the public, and every word and deed in the past has been excavated by the media. This case deserves to be a large gossip side dish that often accompanies the American people's table. Not only did Kirchran’s last marriage be criticized, but Clark’s hairstyle and dress have also become daily ridicules in the media. You can see these interesting little details in this play.
There are also distinctive images of jurors. The selection of jurors before the trial has also become a secret battle between the prosecution and the defense. Both parties choose as many jurors in their favor as possible. It should be noted that a jury with a majority of blacks is not the unconditional support for Simpson as everyone imagined. On the contrary, for Simpsons such as "black outside and white inside", after becoming famous, they actively integrated into white social circles and abandoned black wives to marry white wives. Idols, the vast majority of black women are full of hate. Of the nine black jurors, eight are black women.
In the play, the juror said a thought-provoking sentence during the arguing collegiate. "You might think he did it, hell I might think he did it, but can we honestly sit here, and say they proved it?" "You might think he did it, hell I might think he did it, but can we honestly sit here, and say they proved it?" Here, touch your conscience and say that the plaintiff proves this?" Soon, the jury had an answer. On October 3, 1995, this nine-month-long and 50,000-page trial record of the century's case was made public-the 12 jurors unanimously decided that Simpson was not guilty.
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