Christopher Darden talks about O.J. trial on Charlie Rose (4 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.
So goddamn profound. Man this guy has been through hell and back. For me he is the unsung hero of this case. What a bitter pill to swallow.
Cristopher your a good man !!!
There’s only ONE good! And it’s certainly not Darden!
Every time I watch Chris I want to cry for him. He is a hero of mine and I have so much respect for him.
Darden is an American Hero to anybody with a brain...
It's unfortunate that the sound quality for this interview was so poor that I could not hear most of it. Christopher Darden and Marcia Clark, it seemed to me, were the only ones bound by any ethics in the handling of this case and I was heartbroken for them as much as the victims when the jury dropped the ball on this case. Darden and Clark were such a dynamic and hard working team they should have won over the jury. This truly was a case of 'if you're rich and famous enough you can get away with[double] murder!'. I worried that Darden would lose faith in the law and stop practicing after this case. I was also very disappointed in Ito who let the defence turn the trial into a circus that favoured their side. Shame that that racist Furhman was part of the equation!
agree, Chris Darden should be respected, even more so after this interview.
I never imagined how much he would face from blacks, by prosecuting Simpson, the killer.
Not nearly as heartbroken for them as the family!? They didn't have to sit for months and see pictures of their loved ones butchered! I feel bad for Darden too but that's brought on by uneducated people! In my opinion two very different types of sympathy!
How do the jurors sleep at night
***** I hope OJ never gets parole. George Zimmerman - against. I was pro Trevon Martin bc what kid conceal & carries?? Also not surprised in the least bit when ex girlfriend of zimmermans said he was abusive & threatened her with a gun. Mike Brown? Guilty. He shoplifted & tried to run away. his community tried their best to paint him as this wholesome kid but I'm sorry what wholesome kid carries guns?? & shoplifts at gunpoint??
Eric Gardner - pro. Totally against the cop who put him in an ILLEGAL chokehold over some petty bs like selling cigarettes like really? Kill someone for illegally selling cigarettes as if there weren't more important crimes?? Sandra bland - pro. She was scuffed and cuffed for giving the white officer an attitude. Didn't know u could get punched and shoved to the ground for having an attitude. Rodney King yes he was beat senseless but the guy was speeding while drunk!! And didn't stop! He put everyone's lives in danger when he got behind the wheel & also violating probation that's some recklessness. People can say "yes finally a black person won this for us." But I won't have people say "OJ was innocent. That's just wrong. People are putting a killer on the lose. It's crazy. So many of Ron Goldmans friends & a guy hired by kardashian to stalk Nicole was killed POST OJ VERDICT. But now his ass is incarcerated no ones dying. Hmm let's put two & two together
+Ella Jane Because our system state beyond a reasonable doubt and the gloves not fitting coupled with their star witness pleading the fifth meets that standard.
Vincent Cunningham they had OJ try on a pair of gloves the company manufactures in the same glove size found at the scene and the glove fits perfectly. Blood / liquid shrinks leather. Only idiot jurors would think the bloody glove DIDNT shrink.
+Ella Jane if you are old enough to remember they said that in the second trial not the first. It was their job to bring that put
Characterizing Darden as a so called Uncle Tom is complete Bullshit. He had great courage to stand firm and do his job in the face of public scrutiny and the fact that he didn't cross examine Furhman shows his humanity and wisdom as a man. It'd be a privilege to meet him some day.
Ignore the troll, massacci. She/he is exceptionally ignorant.
Uncle Tom was the good guy it's a compliment not a insult.
Fuhrman was a South Central cop not a racist.
Based on the details in the confession book “If I Did It”, the prosecution got several things wrong.
- O.J. had an accomplice
- They got his route back to his house & back onto his property wrong
- The accomplice got rid of the bloody clothes & weapon after OJ left in the limo.
- OJ stripped down at the gate of Nicole’s before leaving but kept those socks on because he didn’t notice blood on them. That’s why there was no blood in the house.
- OJ originally parked his bronco behind his neighbor’s house. The accomplice waited & parked the bronco on Rockingham after OJ left in the limo
- The limo driver didn’t witness OJ returning home thru the front door. He actually witnessed OJ bring his luggage out to the porch in a black robe after he showered. He went back upstairs to get dressed real quick & then came back down to leave.
Among other things… this is why OJ speaks so confidently in his rebuttal video because he knows they were wrong about various details.
- Ironically, the crying dog is one of the things they got right. OJ mentions the dog circling Nicole’s body & barking loud. “It sent chills down my spine”, he says in the book.
I think this man a hero and both the black community and the legal system should be proud of him! I like this man very much!!!😊
Although he didn't do his job very well in my opinion... Chris really was in a no win situation regardless of which verdict came out.
They should have stuck that microphone down Dardens throat. So hard to hear his voice.
+Dweller AttheDowns Bitch shut the fuck up.
He tried to imprison an innocent man.
Really? Whom?
Why did the jury like OJSimpson so much? There is nothink likable about him!
I really do feel bad for him he seems so sad! I feel like the prosecution were in way over their head in this case. And the perfect storm of scenarios actually happened! But there were multiple mistakes that's fuels the flames.
its funny now looking at this interview and later on he went on to say .... he wish he had never took this trial
Darden got a book deal out of the OJ trial where he told his side of the story, and the role he played on the side of the prosecution. He was warned to stay away from this case but he pursued it anyway. The case was so racially charged that retribution from the past injustices of black people had to happen. Back in the day, white police officers had set up black people especially black men; accusing them of crimes they had not committed. They were robbed of their life and their freedom and now the white people will know how that feels. I feel sorry for both sides of this tragedy and for anyone who was murdered is absolutely horrible. The bible speaks of it being like sheep lead to the slaughter. Therefore the judgement is god's alone folks. Everything happens for a reason in fear of god who will punish all the sinners.
It's been a minute since i don't feel deep respect for a man.
Charlie rose is so ignorant
Cant hear him he needs to speak tf up!
he did an excellent job--its the jury's fault
More ito's.
He was incompetent
No it’s the systems fault the moment that racist jury in semi valley let those cops off it was on. It was bigger than OJ , the black community didn’t care about OJ it was about a small revenge
Pointless to listen to; what's he going to say? Does he even know now that he and Clark were in over their heads, should've only had supporting roles behind the scenes. Much more interesting to have spoken to Gil Garcetti and other decision makers as to why they didn't have top, savvy, experienced people in there. So many mistakes, beginning with the MASSIVE Clark error to include huge numbers of black women jurors that the defense immediately knew were gold for them and toxic to the prosecutors...why was she allowed to determine this on her own completely mistaken, arrogant hunch that she could win them over? Why was she the sole decision maker in the glove fiasco? PATHETIC AMATEURS. The defense will forever be grateful.
not a lawyer but a failure although he had no problem benefitting from writing a book and profiting off of the murders as he has no moral character and no character at all
Everyone else did, so why not him
@@Andrea-ue7gv that's not the point so according to your logic if one person is immoral then why can't everyone be immoral - if you watched the entire trial you would find that he was incompetent and if he genuinely cared about the victims as he claimed he would not have written a book for profit - case closed
As much as I want to respect Darden, I just can't after the comments he made deriding the jury.
why? the jury was a) dumb asf and b) admitted it was payback for rodney king
@@squadric7722 It is incredibly unprofessional for a prosecutor, who is getting paid a pretty cushy salary, to say what he did about a group of unpaid jurors. Also, while the jury may have been a bad one for the prosecution, Darden's performance in the trial was grossly incompetent. Maybe instead of blaming the jurors for his problems he should look in the mirror.