Reasonable Doubts

The Criminal Justice System and the O.J. Simpson Case

By: Alan M. Dershowitz

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Paperback | 19 February 1997

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One of America's leading appeal lawyers, Alan Dershowitz was the man chosen to prepare the appeal should O.J. Simpson have been convicted. Now Professor Dershowitz uses this case to examine the larger issues and to identify the social forces - media, money, gender, and race - that shape the criminal-justice system in America today. How could one of the longest trials in the history of America's judicial system produce a verdict after only hours of jury deliberation? Was this really a case of circumstantial evidence? The crucial questions raised by the O.J. Simpson case, and Professor Dershowitz's answers, invite a reassessment not only of the case itself, but also of the strengths - and weaknesses - of the legal system in America today.

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Introduction	p. 11
Was the Simpson Case Decided Even Before the Trial Began?	p. 19
Is the Criminal Trial a Search for Truth?	p. 34
Why Do So Many Police Lie about Searches and Seizures? And Why Do So Many Judges "Believe" Them?	p. 49
Were the Jury's Doubts in the Simpson Case Reasonable or Unreasonable?	p. 69
Did the Jurors View the Evidence Through the Prism of Race More than of Gender?	p. 99
Why Was There Such a Great Disparity Between the Public Perception and the Jury Verdict?	p. 128
Can Money Buy an Acquittal?	p. 149
Are Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Advocates Only for Their Clients, or Also for Justice?	p. 157
What If the Jury Had Convicted Simpson?	p. 182
Was the Simpson Trial a "Great Case" That Will Make "Bad Law"?	p. 196
Epilogue: How Would You Have Voted?	p. 208
The "Appeal" from O. J. Simpson's "Conviction"	p. 211
A Note on the Civil Trial	p. 239
Notes	p. 243
Acknowledgments	p. 259
Index	p. 261
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