The clients I’ve cared about the most are the No Js

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

<snip>
He also represented former Black Panther Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. When Cochran helped Pratt win his freedom in 1997, he called the moment “the happiest day of my life practicing law.”

He won a $760,000 award in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ron Settles, a black college football star who died in police custody in 1981. Cochran challenged police claims that Settles hanged himself in jail after a speeding arrest. The player’s body was exhumed, an autopsy performed and it revealed Settles had been choked.

His clients also included Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, who was tortured by New York police, and Tyisha Miller, a 19-year-old black woman shot to death by Riverside police who said she reached for a gun on her lap when they broke her car window in an effort to disarm her.

But the attention he received from all of those cases didn’t come remotely close to the fame the Simpson case brought him.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7330234/

Slam him all you want, but he took the fame he acquired from the OJ case and used it to accomplish a lot of good...especially for Abner Louima

[hfojvt]

1. that was a great quote

all power to the No Js!
Just say No to J.

"brought to you by the letter I"

[4morewars]

2. He was a good Democrat !

Shame on the DUers that slam him !

[Dookus]

3. No argument here

I find it distressing how many liberals buy into the right-wing attack on lawyers.

[Az]

4. In a vengence hungry society

Those that thwart the enactment of vengence as seen as villains. Take a look at what passes for entertainment these days. Court dramas showing the villains getting what's coming to them. Crime and punishment shows are the only thing giving reality shows a run for their money. People that stand up for the accused are not seen in a positive light in such a soceity.

[LibraLiz1973]

5. I agree, bashing him is really disrespectful.

I totally disagreed with his defense of O.J. Simpson, but lets face it- he was a DEFENSE attorney. Frankly I have my doubts that the jury that O.J. had would have convicted him even if Carrot Top was his attorney.

Johnnie did alot of good for a lot of people. I'd not be surprised to find out that around 96/97 he looked back & regretted defending O.J.

Keep in mind his defense worked because the Prosecution didn't. The day they let O.J. try that glove on in front of the jury with a rubber glove already on..... they lost.

[jonnyblitz]

6. it would never occur to me to dislike a lawyer because I didn't

like one of his clients that he won a case for. :shrug:

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. The juice probably isn't going to get the chance to kill anybody else

so I guess it doesn't matter that he isn't locked up. Forgive and forget as they say.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. You can escape the American justice system, but you can't escape

karma.

That said, I think it's impossible for any high profile defendant getting that kind of coverage in a venue to get a fair trial anymore, whether it's OJ, Blake, Jackson or Kobe.

Granted, I am more concerned with those that never get a fair shot at the justice system via a competent lawyer to start with.