World's Sleaziest Lawyer...

[thegladhatter]

just died! Johnnie Cochran

[taranaki]

The only time that you pay a lawyer is when you want your own way. A lot of the people who paid him money got their own way.Therefore he was good at his job. I can't say that I am a big fan of the kind of defence lawyer who takes on cases that are largely formalities and proceeds to steal freedom for a guilty client, however, all the time such lawyers exist, the prosecution has to work hard on every prosecution, knowing that if they don't present absolute proof, they will be punished.Too many people are prepared to worship the word of police officers, and the alternative to cases being vigorously defended and the odd scumbag cheating the system is for trials to become a formality, with people being sent to jail because they fit the profile.Most people that I know think that OJ was guilty.Rather than criticising his lawyer for exploiting the inconsistencies, they should criticise theinability of a a profesional team of prosecutors to make the obvious stick.

[DGB454]

If you look into Cochrans history before the OJ trial you may think differently about him being sleezy. He did a lot of good work for minorities in his local area.

I agree with Taranaki on this one. He was hired to do a job and he did it well.

[YogsVR4]

I wonder if he showed up in heaven (or hell) and was informed that OJ really did it.

[fredjacksonsan]

I'm sure he knew all along that OJ did it. But he found the legal loophole.

[Twitch1]

DGB454- that's true he worked many years for very little money in the minority community before the oj fiasco.

[Gotti]

how exactly is he the worlds sleaziest lawyer?

He did his job... and he was damn good at it

not to mention all the good things he did for poor communites

[thegladhatter]

Anyone who devotes his time to freeing scum like OJ ....is sleazy. If you know your guy is guilty (like the rest of the civilized world did) and you run the victim and the victim's family through that kind of crap....you are sleaze! Plain and simple.

[Gotti]

You're a hater... thats his job, people dont hire lawyers to lose cases

And all the good he did for poor communities far outweighs him keeping OJ out of jail

[lamehonda]

A good lawyer is still just a lawyer

[carrrnuttt]

Originally Posted by bagwanshrirashnish

Anyone who devotes his time to freeing scum like OJ ....is sleazy. If you know your guy is guilty (like the rest of the civilized world did) and you run the victim and the victim's family through that kind of crap....you are sleaze! Plain and simple.

At least Cochran can say that he was getting paid for what he did. What's motivating you to uselessly bash a dead man?

[Sticky]

My uncle defends tobacco companies in lawsuits, and my grandma (his mom) died from smoking. Are you going to tell me he's a sleazy lawyer because his firm assigned him to defend tobacco companies?

[carrrnuttt]

Originally Posted by Sticky

My uncle defends tobacco companies in lawsuits, and my grandma (his mom) died from smoking. Are you going to tell me he's a sleazy lawyer because his firm assigned him to defend tobacco companies?

Don't forget about those sleazy public defenders your local governments pays to defend criminals even worse than OJ.

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by bagwanshrirashnish

Anyone who devotes his time to freeing scum like OJ ....is sleazy. If you know your guy is guilty (like the rest of the civilized world did) and you run the victim and the victim's family through that kind of crap....you are sleaze! Plain and simple.

The world said that OJ was guilty.
This man said 'prove it'.
The world presented its case
12 jurors agreed that the case was not strong enough.

OJis free,not because of what Cochran did, but because of what the prosecution failed to do.

[thegladhatter]

He was freed because this slimeball played the race card in an offensive manner and got away with it. The OJ case had NOTHING to do with race until this guy introduced it. THAT is sleaze. He is probably NOT enjoying hell.