Comments on: Johnnie Cochran, 1937-2005

By: Rafael Daniel

Rafael Daniel — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:44:54 +0000

Johnnie Cochran did his job and did it well. Many cried about the playing of the ‘race card’, but how long has the other side of the race card been played in this country. OJ received what he paid for, which was excellent legal representation. Had the LAPD been a tad more professional and honest, they would have secured a conviction. Don’t villify the man for doing his job. RIP Mr. Cochran.

By: Different River

Different River — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:45:18 +0000

In Memoriam, Johnnie Cochrane
Johnnie Cochrane has passed away. For those of you who don’t remember:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., the charismatic attorney who became famous in the successful defense of football star O.J. Simpson on murder charges, died on …

By: Mr. Buzzcut

Mr. Buzzcut — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:17:54 +0000

Who hasn’t ever used that word? It was a needless lie that ruined his career.

Yeah, that was dumb. I’m sure someone could be found who heard me utter that slur when I was in 6th grade. S’like those people who claim they NEVER — well, you know.

By: The Geek

The Geek — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:07:36 +0000

LaShawn … Mister Furhman’s book on the Spokane serial killer is also an excellent read

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:33:40 +0000

Falsified evidence? Are you sure about that?

By: Doug Purdie

Doug Purdie — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:57:16 +0000

Though Furhman may deserve the reputation for being a good independant investigator and author, he also deserves his bad reputation for integrity.

My understanding isn’t that he just used the “N” word. He used it frequantly. He also admitted that he and other LA cops disliked black folks and regularly falsified evidence against them to assure convinctions.

Sorry. I just can’t find it in myself to admire a guy like that for anything. I’ll continue to avoid his radio program and books like the plague.

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:31:26 +0000

Ito blew the trial. Marcia didn’t help with her condemnation of Furman. I have always felt that the only proper scope of the question was whether he had ever used the word on duty. Since his use of the word was in a dramatic reconstruction, it was irrelevant to the evidence he gave.

By: hirez

hirez — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:18:14 +0000

The Race Card…what exactly is “the Race Card”…because it seems to me white people have been holding 5 Aces in everyhand for a while now…

By: Curtis

Curtis — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:50:10 +0000

I met Mr. Cochran. Very personable. He did a lot before he was thrust into the spotlight with the OJ case.

I can say that if he were the prosecutor for California v. OJ Simpson, Mr. Simpson would be in jail today.

By: bookjunkie

bookjunkie — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:42:41 +0000

one sound byte i listened to said that johnnie and his wife were proud of the good work they did for people. someone above said that he was ‘decent.’ ask his previous wives whom he beat up on a regular basis! and playing the race card on OJ was cheap (as it is with michael jackson). i don’t think reasonable people cared what color he was. he killed his wife in a brutal barbaric manner. cochran needed to defend his client the best he could, but his abusive behavior with his wives and some of his ethical standards tend to cast shadows on his ‘decency’ and ‘humanitarian’ contributions.

By: flaime

flaime — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:36:50 +0000

Frank,

I hope when you are accused of a crime, your lawyer defends you the way you think Cochran should have defended his clients. You will, of course, spend the rest of your life in prison, whether or not you are guilty, but hey, that’s the cost of having lawyers not do their jobs: representing their clients in the most zealous legal manner they can.

By: hirez

hirez — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:23:36 +0000

To the gentleman above about “three” minutes…

May I ask you what the purpose of a “defense” attorney is? Or are you just mindlessly babbling because you hate it that OJ is free?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:19:22 +0000

I watched the whole OJ trial, and I regarded Johnnie Cochran and his team as knights in shining armor. It seemed that if the police could jump over a fence into someone’s private property on very faint evidence, a drop of blood the size of a dime under the handle of OJ’s car, then the police could do the very same thing to anyone, including me. It just wasn’t right, and Johnnie Cochran and his team were defending not only OJ, but all of America.

Fuhrman has a radio show now, and has some good points and has done some good things, but from time to time I hear him give himself away, as a person who might approve of police overreaching their powers.

By: Candyce

Candyce — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:24:26 +0000

Johnny gets no love.

I was cruising by a conservative talk show this morning and heard, “The feeding tube of justice has been reinserted into the belly of America: Johnnie Cochran is dead!”

Nice. And they say democrats are evil.

Making light of the Terri case along WITH the death of someone else is PRICELESS. I thought life was precious? I guess it too can suffer the fate of the “sanctity” of marriage debate. The bond between a man and woman is like the bond between man and God, therefore, we cannot change the definition in our law. Well, unless we think the husband is a lying, two faced fink who doesnt have the right to honor what he says are his wife’s wishes. And now…life is not precious and should not be respected for the likes of Johnnny Cochran!

By: steve

steve — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:59:23 +0000

yeah OJ was guilty in my opinion, but to be fair to Cochran, I do understand he had many many far far less famous clients that he and his firm also zealously represented.