Christopher Darden talks about O.J. trial on Charlie Rose (3 of 4)
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- Christopher Darden is a writer, lecturer, and heads the criminal defense department for The Foxx Firm in Culver City. He is a 15-year veteran of the Los Angeles County District Attorney, where he was assigned to the prosecution of O.J. Simpson. During his tenure as a prosecutor, he was the Assistant Head Deputy Attorney of the Special Investigations Division. There for 6 years, his division investigated corrupt public officials, election law violations andpolice officer shootings and allegations of excessive use of force by police. Past assignments also included the Hardcore Gang Division and the Major Crimes Division. He has tried 21homicide cases. Darden received his B.S. in Criminal Justice Administration from California University at San Jose (1977)and his law degree from the University of California, Hasting College of the Law (1980). After leaving theLos Angeles County District Attorney's Office in 1995, Darden joined the faculty at California StateUniversity, Los Angeles, where he taught criminal law.That same year, he was appointed Associate Professor of Law at Southwestern University School of Law,Los Angeles. Darden taught and specialized in criminal procedure and trial advocacy. He left the lawschool in 1999 and immediately started his own firm, Darden & Associates, Inc., specializing in criminaldefense and civil litigation. Darden continues to be an advocate against domestic violence and is active in a variety of local andnational organizations, including the National Bar Association (Lifetime Member), American TrialLawyers Association and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity (Lifetime Member). In 1998, Darden received the Crystal Heart Award from Loved Ones of Homicide Victims, an organization devoted to aiding families that have suffered the loss of loved ones as a result of violence. In 2000 he wasrecognized as "Humanitarian of the Year" by Eli Horne, A California shelter for abused children andwomen. Darden has lectured at America's leading colleges and universities, including but not limited to, IndianaUniversity, University of Pittsburgh, Yale, University of Miami, Mercer University, Pennsylvania, CaseWestern and Georgia State University. He has also spoken on a variety of legal and social issues at major fundraisers, state and regional barassociation convention, and corporate gatherings. Darden is a former legal commentator for NBC and CNBC, and a frequent guest and commentator onCNN, Fox News Network and Court TV. He has appeared on every major television news or talk show.He has made guest appearances on "Touched By an Angel," "Girlfriends," "The Tonight Show With JayLeno," "Roseanne" and the movie "Liar Liar." He is the former principal attorney in the syndicated legalshow "Power of Attorney." Darden is also an accomplished writer. He is the co-author of the former number one New York Times bestseller, "In Contempt" (1996) and "The Trials of Nikki Hill" (1999) and "LA Justice" (2000). In September2002, PAL will publish "The Last Defense," a new crime thriller written by Darden with Dick Lochte. Currently, Darden lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Marcia (Mar-cee-uh) and his three children, Jenee,Christopher, Jr., and Tiffany.
Yes. Really good to hear Darden SAY what I knew all along. The jury, not considering the tons of evidence, decided they would "Get one for their side", like pay back for decades of violence and brutality of black people. Problem was - that wasn't what the trial was about. It was about a man who ruthlessly murdered two innocent people and the grieving families they left behind. It was about justice for the victims - not about future book deals and payback for police discrimination.
Well in the documentary, one of the less educated jurors, Carrie Bess, actually confirmed it. 90% of the jury decided to acquit him because of Rodney King.
@@TDKiller415 that’s what i heard too
@@socialmediademigod1496 And the sad thing was, they did get one for their side, but in the process lost thousands more, likely because even the more sympathetic whites would hate them and want revenge, let alone the racists and white supremacists who were already around. If they thought this was a victory, it was a VERY short-lived one. No one really won at all, even OJ lost in the long run.
Cochran and Robert Kardashian had no integrity and ultimately paid the price for their injustice. Darden and Marcia kept their integrity and are alive and getting everything the others lost.
And Alan Dershowitz remains a plagiarist, phony, and pro-genocidal zionist to this day...
@@kinkle_Z and he went to Epstein Island!!
That was the plan all along though.
Cochran made it very clear, make No mistake about, " I'm not trying to be friendly, I'm trying to win", says Johnny the great attorney.
such a stupid analysis, I can see you are not educated
What the sad part about this all is that Nicole and Ron were brutally and gruesomely murdered would be the possible term and they never got their justice as they should had and OJ walks as a free man today and both families have a lot of pain even after 26 years because they know the killer is free and living life as nothing ever happened but yes I agree if all twelve jurors were African Americans then you knew from the start that Chris Darden and Marcia Clark never stood a chance and were going to lose one way or another and they had a judge who bought into the circus while the trial was televised and OJ won the case,but now 26 years the Dream Team has paid the price Kardashian,Cochran and I forgot who else is dead and probably in hell suffering and OJ will too be next when his time comes and then that’s when Nicole and Ron will finally have their justice
Judge Ito was appalling to say the least
No wonder OJ won...the jury couldn't even hear Darden in his closing statement. Damn dude, speak up...show some vigor!!!!! BORING!!!!!!!!
VERY BORING!!!!!😪😴
SNOOZER!!!!!!
I agree, this guy is weak sauce!
Fair but prosecutors don’t do that. They just present the evidence
Chris just isn't trial law material or at least a trial of high magnitude. If you are going to cover a case of this magnitude there is a requirement to grab people's attention, having the room gravitate towards your presence, even if they disagree with your points. I'm not saying every lawyer needs to be as animated as Cochran, but there needs to be some presence felt in the court room. This guy had none. There's more life in substitute high school teachers than this guy.
I think Chris is in denial. The prosecution wasted all their time with trying to win every argument. They spent so much time with getting every witness to say what they wanted the record to reflect so for hours they just kept going over and over the same things only asking in different ways. Then during closing it was so sad to see them look almost like they were begging the jury to trust and believe them. For the record I think OJ was at the crime scene the night of the murders. His size 12 bloody footprints place him there. However, one also knows they played with evidence. I.e. Missing blood from the sample OJ gave, EDTA (preservative found only in sample vials) was found in DNA testing of socks, back gate and bronco. The blood stain on back gate found several weeks after collection, which they found a pic taken the day of collection that showed it was not on the gate. Pressed in blood stain on sock. Equally shocking was the Fung testimony. I can fill two pages of instances where detectives manipulated evidence. None of it matters. As stated, I think he was there. If only they stayed honest and not try to bolster their case against him (dropping the glove) he would have been convicted. It makes no sense! If OJ arrived home and went from his bronco to the front door leaving a bloody trail, how does it square with him dropping the glove as he came home claiming over the fence? Considering this would be a high profile case involving a defendant who was rich and famous, they tried to make it as air tight as possible. The only problem with this is "there is no such thing as the perfect crime".
Chris Darden is a garbage prosecutor. He lack of experience i trial case. Total failure and then let go.
hes exactly right in his comments
By the time Darden woke up he was being blamed for losing that case. Had Hodgman not gotten sick or whatever that was Darden isn't on the case they only changed up when they realised that there was a possibility that the jury could end up a majority Black, because it didn't start out that way!
Hides behind speculation, mumbles, whispers, and says he already paid a price in the trial so he wouldn't take the Fuhrman testimony. This guy was prepared to lose.
100% OJ killed 2 people and if you dont think that you are a fucking idiot
Because he had no case. The rush to judgement overlooked too many exculpatory factors
It's irritating the way hosts will be persistent in trying to draw out controversial opinions from their guests. Trying to trap them with difficult opinions.
+ElPocho DelMundo I'm not referring to when an interviewer legitimately and meaningfully challenges a guest to plumb their minds for the audience. I believe--although that comment is over a year old--I was referencing how Charlie Rose kept baiting Darden to say what he thinks Cochran or the other defense attorneys thought about O.J. Darden had to repeat that he could only speculate as to what was in their minds. Fairly obnoxious.
For him everything is an excuse. The race card. His own people are said he did a shitty job. And the glove was a big mistake.
They were trying to get Under his skin.
Revelry
Sometimes you have to play the bad guy to win the case. Cochran knew his defendant was guilty but treated his defendant as if Simpson was innocent. Perhaps that's the angle Chris should've gone with. He should've approached instead of head on "Simpsons guilty without a shadow of doubt!" But instead entertain the idea "what if Simpson was innocent?" Play that angle a bit only to stick the knife & twist the sword & say "but what innocent man has the same shoe make & size at the scene of the crime? What innocent man goes on a slow speed chase away from the law & police? If you were convicted of murdering ur ex spouse would u have reacted the way Simpson reacted?" And just make all those idiots feel guilt soso SO much guilt for even remotely thinking for a second Simpson was innocent
You guys are in denial..Chris wanted to win as much as the dream team, but, well they didn't call him dummy Darden for nothing.lol,Chris wasn't smart enough....oj played this trial just like he played his college football..the juice played to prevail, to WIN!
Vincent Bugliosi's "THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW!!" argument 🤣😁👏🏼 That was a good one.
R.I.P Johnny Cochran a black hero
Didn't you hear Darden? He called him the Dancing Devil, completely immoral and unethical, which of course he was.
@@kinkle_Z He needs to speak up cannot hear him
Yes, for setting race relations back by decades 👏🏼👏🏼 REAL hero
This is Television and on television controversy, and uncomfortable opinions, make good television. Charlie Rose is supposed to pin him down. Nice job, Charlie Rose!
chris darden .....based on his body language alone .... he doesnt believe what he tried to defend
He was a prosecutor...
Doesn't matter what a person believes. We all have our hopes and beliefs. It's what the EVIDENCE SHOWS and the evidence, particularly the DNA and blood spatter evidence at the crime scenes, proved overwhelmingly and beyond any reasonable doubt...that OJ did it. Sorry - scientific evidence is legally everything. Belief and emotion are meaningless in court.
I don't get how Chris could say Cochran was "immoral."
you are a fucking idiot. look at the evidence. You are dumb. Killer went free. OJ did it.