(30 Mar 2005)
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Los Angeles - October 3, 1995
1. Close-up of O.J. Simpson (centre) and Johnnie Cochran, jr. (far right) listening while verdict is announced in the Simpson murder
2. Wide-shot of Goldman family in courtroom
3. Mid-shot of Cochran embracing Simpson in courtroom
4. Close-up of prosecutor Marcia Clarke in courtroom
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Los Angeles - October 1995
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Johnnie Cochran Junior, Attorney:
"This stuff about playing a race card is preposterous. It would (be) malpractice if a man has racist views in a case and a lawyer doesn't pursue that. Anybody who says that, doesn't know how to try cases...doesn't know anything about anything."
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Los Angeles - October 1995
6. Close shot of diagram in courtroom during Simpson trial
7. Cochran speaking in courtroom during Simpson trial
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Los Angeles - 1995
8. Simpson at murder scene
9. Cochran (far left), Marcia Clarke (centre) and Judge Lance Ito (far right) at murder scene
New York - 16 March, 2001
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Johnnie Cochran Junior, Attorney:
"It's a victory really for all of us because he was wrongly accused. These last 14 months have been very, very tough. In that courtroom today the pressure was almost unbearable through all those verdicts to finally get to that not guilty. Five not guilties that will ring in our ears forever."
11. Sean "Puffy" Combs, a.k.a. P Diddy, hugging Cochran and leaving courthouse
FAMED OJ SIMPSON ATTORNEY JOHNNIE COCHRAN JUNIOR DIES AT 67
Johnnie Cochran Junior who became a legal superstar after helping clear O.J. Simpson during a sensational murder trial, died on Tuesday at the age of 67.
Cochran died of a brain tumour at his home in Los Angeles.
In the Simpson case, Cochran turned the murder trial into an indictment of the police department, suggesting officers planted evidence in an effort to frame the former football star because he was a black celebrity.
His catch phrase in the Simpson trial, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," would be quoted and parodied for years afterward.
It derived from a dramatic moment during which Simpson tried on a pair of bloodstained "murder gloves" to show jurors they did not fit.
Some legal experts called it the turning point in the trial.
For Cochran, Simpson's acquittal was the crowning achievement in a career notable for victories, often in cases with racial themes.
He was known for championing the causes of black defendants.
Some of them, like Simpson, were famous, but more often than not they were unknowns.
Cochran's other clients included Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, who was tortured by two New York City policemen.
He also represented Michael Jackson in his 1993 child molestation case and rap superstar Sean "Puffy" Combs during his high profile weapon possession and bribery case in 2001.
After Simpson, Cochran stepped out of the criminal trial arena, concentrating instead on civil matters.
For a time, he represented high-profile athletes and music stars in contract matters.
After Simpson's acquittal, Cochran also appeared on TV talk shows, was awarded his own Court TV show, and travelled giving speeches all over the world.
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