The first time I came into contact with Simpson's wife murder case, the only thing I knew about it was that he was suspected of killing his wife but was finally acquitted. Before reading, I checked Baidu Encyclopedia, read a letter written by Lin Da about the case in "Anxiety in the depths of history", and also read the use of Dr. Li Changyu in "Eighteen Years of Chasing the Murder: I Prove Simpson's Innocence" Evidence and a brief introduction to relevant reasoning. After a quick and rough look at it, I can boldly state my views on the case before watching the show: the prosecution found Simpson a criminal and had fully seized a lot of evidence to support this assertion; the defense excused Simpson, although no Evidence of innocence, but successfully defended by questioning procedural justice and exploiting racial issues (the only proof is that the gloves are too small for Simpson, which was proven by the prosecution). I don't think Simpson was a (primary) criminal, knowing that his ex-wife was killed and doing all the things to cover up the real criminal. The prosecution was bent on arresting Simpson and put him in jail, ignoring some other evidence and the contradiction between Simpson as the main culprit; although the defense won the lawsuit, it was not completely glorious, and the question of "procedural justice" was very reasonable, but it was overused. Race cards.
I don't think this show is trying to reveal the truth of the case - as you can see from the title, this show focuses on the prosecution and Simpson - but using this case as an opportunity, the anger and pressure that had been accumulated before broke out, and the various Characters appear. The police have repeatedly planted celebrities, unable to carry out their justice, and they are trying their best to make a comeback in this case; the black community has been unfairly treated for a long time, and whether it is a strong subjective will or not, they support Simpson's innocence. The reason for the crime is unconsciously mixed with his own anger; the black defense attorney plays the racial card, in order to promote the affirmative action of black people, to win the case, to gain both fame and fortune, and to retaliate against the LAPD who despised him back then; at the same time, there are a large number of different Skin color is due to the cult of personality fans who can't believe Simpson is a criminal, and the media that go about over reporting and even focusing on the outside of the case just to boost ratings.
The word media circus is repeatedly mentioned in the play. It can be said that the media are carnival like the animals performing in the circus. It can also be said that the audience's emotions are the domestication object of the media, the animal trainer, and the media as the animal trainer manipulate emotions and emotions. Focus. Under the malicious manipulation of the media and the "enemy" (the defense and the prosecutor's ex-husband), the predecessor of the prosecutor, even his clothes and hairstyle, was dug up and laughed at. I can understand that getting justice sometimes comes at the risk of losing a partner and sacrificing personal gain, but this kind of purely recreational life attack outside the courtroom is not acceptable to me. How disgusting the face of the curly-haired prosecutor is.
Any lawsuit occurs in a certain social environment, so it is impossible to make a judgment based on evidence alone, but must be influenced by social forces to a certain extent, but when there are too many factors mixed in, the lawsuit will become difficult to control. At the beginning of the Simpson case, because of Simpson's fame, it attracted social attention. Later, the defense lawyers took the initiative to use the media to manipulate the public's emotions, and gave the case too many labels to divert people's attention to the direction that was beneficial to them and their expectations. A case packaged by a team of lawyers. Perhaps it was difficult to pursue the truth in the social atmosphere at that time, although it was involuntarily, it was still a pity.
PS The public prosecutor and the defense show the facts that are beneficial to themselves. It is interesting to watch them argue with the other party and persuade the jury.
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