Summer Encore Series: Re-Imagining The O.J. Simpson Trial

While Alan Dershowitz, a member of O.J. Simpson’s “dream team” calls the acclaimed, Emmy nominated  mini-series, American Crime Story The People vs. O. J. Simpson “a total fabrication,” the show has re-ignited interest in the so-called “Trial of the Century” twenty plus years after the spectacle. We revisit Amy Beth's conversation with top  LA. attorney David Diamond, who, years earlier, clerked for prosecutor Chris Darden.  Dissecting fact from fiction, we examine the way the high-profile  trial and its controversial verdict forever altered trial coverage and America’s fascination with the justice system.  And is there a correlation between the trial’s riveting coverage and the advent of Reality TV, which is set to anoint Sarah Palin the next Judge Judy, despite the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate’s lack of legal education? Tweet 24/7 @abwrites #BigStory #Forgotten45s

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Original air date: 3/29/ 2016