Synopsis
Vincent Bugliosi, the lawyer who put Charles Manson behind bars, explains how he would have prosecuted the O.J. Simpson case.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-04-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 4.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Here at last is the account of the O.J. Simpson case that no one else has dared to write, that no one else could write. In Outrage, the famed prosecutor of Charles Manson and bestselling author of Helter Skelter goes to the heart of the trial that divided the country and made a mockery of justice. Vincent Bugliosi, who never lost a murder case, brilliantly outlines the five reasons why O.J. Simpson got away with murder: the worst possible jury, a sloppy and incomplete prosecution, a fatal change of venue, judicial error that allowed the defense to play the race card, and a weak summation and rebuttal that barely addressed the defenses frame-up and conspiracy theories. He reveals:--The offer Marcia Clark and Bill Hodgman should never have refused.--The bluff that saved the defenses cardboard case.--What Deputy Sheriff Jeff Stuart overheard when Rosey Grier visited Simpson in jail.--The 17 words Johnnie Cochran used to cover his argument that could have been his undoing if caught. --Why the jurors never heard Simpsons first police interview-- filled with self-incriminating statements that alone could have convicted him of murder.1. What mistake in jury selection could have cost Marcia Clark the trial--even before she argued the case?2. What did Simpson do to make sure the gloves wouldnt fit?3. How did Judge Itos behavior towards Marcia Clark prejudice the jury?4. Why did the prosecutors suppress Simpson's "smoking gun"?5. How did Johnnie Cochran con the jury?6. Who might really have suggested that Simpson try on the evidence gloves?
Read as Vincent Bugliosi, the country's premier prosecutor, brilliantly outlines the reasons why Simpson was acquitted and--in logical detail--why maybe he shouldn't have been acquitted.
Industry Reviews
"Most prosecutors in the United States believe they could have done a better job of trying the O. J. Simpson case than Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden did. Vincent Bulgiosi is sure of it....Mr. Bugliosi puts the blame where it belongs, and explains how the case should have been prosecuted. His well-informed analysis is in welcome contrast to much of the insipid or pointless commentary about the Simpson trial."
New York Times Book Review - Mark Lindquist (07/21/1996)
"When it comes to the Simpson murder trial, Bugliosi, digging through the details as if it were a case he would be handling the next week in Department 103, establishes himself as the expert. No one who reads this book will ever again believe that the most publicized acquittal in the history of American jurisprudence was solely the result of juror prejudice or the machinations of unscrupulous defense attorneys. The D. A. and the prosecutors have been called before the bar of justice."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Gerald Petievich (07/07/1996)
"If you only have time to read one book on the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson, I would recommend, without hesitation, Vincent Bugliosi's Outrage."
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