I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can’t just walk around free like we did; life has changed.

Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.

This is an affront to jurors everywhere, particularly this jury. Imagine how outraged they will be when this witness, Mark Fuhrman, who I’m sure today is very happy and perhaps is the big winner in...

O.J. Simpson always said he didn’t do it.

As you know, we are on the verge of resting, but I think we are going to have to re-evaluate that.

On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I’ve loved every minute of it.

The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children’s lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change.

I think one of the reasons … and we’re seeing it more and more, had to do with the LAPD and its credibility — you know, what Chris (Darden) had to work with,

Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.

Fuhrman is a nightmare, but he’s America’s nightmare, not just black people’s nightmare. And everybody needs to understand that.

It was time in America for African Americans to take retribution for the legal crimes that had been committed against them for almost three centuries.

Judge, the tapes are sickening, and you know…I don’t know so much about conflict, but there is certain parts about Lt. York that I tell you what the real problem may be, even more than...

We’ve got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.

These were tragic deaths. I think that people don’t understand that we, on the defense, felt that very strongly also.

I’m a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.

Nobody has had the courage to say this is wrong. You are empowered to say this is wrong … Stop this cover-up! Stop this cover-up!

The only mention I’ll make of the Simpson case is that it provided a sea-change for all of our lives. I’m still the same lawyer as I was before, but the opportunities were somewhat different...

Fuhrman thought to himself, ‘I’m going to get that guy … and in ’94 he had his chance.’

When you look across the nation, this has been a killing time. We pledge we will be relentless in our pursuit of justice in Riverside,

has not reached the level where it is admissible in criminal courts.

When I first started practicing law in the 1960s, no person had ever won a case against the City of Los Angeles for violation of their civil rights. There came a time when I felt...