Download PDF The Run of His Life The People v OJ Simpson Audible Audio Edition Jeffrey Toobin Stephen Bel Davies Audible Studios Books
Download As PDF : The Run of His Life The People v OJ Simpson Audible Audio Edition Jeffrey Toobin Stephen Bel Davies Audible Studios Books
This New York Times best seller was the inspiration for the first season of American Crime Story on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.; John Travolta; David Schwimmer; and Connie Britton.
The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century". Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid depiction of the human drama that upended American life.
Please note This audiobook is a recording of the original 1996 edition of The Run of His Life. It does not include an Afterword added to the 2013 reissued edition.
Download PDF The Run of His Life The People v OJ Simpson Audible Audio Edition Jeffrey Toobin Stephen Bel Davies Audible Studios Books
"Really great book on which the recent American Crime series was based. The book is less sensational and more factual and is the better for that distinction. It provides a lot of background info on all the major figures in the case and some much needed historical and cultural context to help me understand better why the case was tried the way it was, and why the jurors made the decision they made, and most of all why the country was so polarized by the case and the verdict. I was a newly married twenty something with a baby at the time of the murders and the court case and it was fascinating to go back all these years later, with the benefit of age and maturity and the benefit of this writer's meticulous research, the contextual information I described, and his skill and talent as a writer, and reexamine this event in a way that taught me something new."
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The Run of His Life The People v OJ Simpson Audible Audio Edition Jeffrey Toobin Stephen Bel Davies Audible Studios Books Reviews
- The popularity of the FX mini-series loosely based on this book led to me to read Mr. Toobin's account of the "Crime of the Century".
Having been as transfixed as many others by the events of the trial of O.J. Simpson in the mid-1990's , I was curious to read yet another account of those events. This book shed more light on the case largely because it was written by "an outsider" with a legal background rather than one of the participants.
Obviously there is no secret in how either of the two trials documented in this work ended yet Toobin is able to keep our attention through both delving into the background of the prosecution staff; defense team; Judge Ito; and many of the police officers involved in the investigation; and by giving his perspective on the evidence.
Mr. Toobin makes no bones about how he believes it was the failure of Marcia Clark "to see the forest for the trees" in how she chose to conduct herself throughout the investigation leading up to the trial and in presenting the prosecution case at trial that accounted for the acquittal. He is equally harsh on Chris Darden and Lance Ito for their lack of aggressiveness in pursuing their role's in the debacle that led to O.J. Simpson's acquittal in the criminal trial.
What was particularly interesting was the portion of the book related to the civil wrongful death suits that followed the criminal trial. Toobin's take on how the plaintiff's attorneys handled much of the same evidence presented in the criminal trial with a much different outcome is a counterpoint to the failure of the L.A. District Attorney's office under Gil Garcetti to obtain what should have been a "slam-dunk" verdict of guilty.
A good read on when the justice system fails because of ineptitude. - Having read the July 1994 New Yorker prediction that OJ would be exonerated due to racism, I have always been curious as to why that prediction came to pass a year later. Jeffrey Toobin, the author of the article, tells the story in this book. The defense successfully turned the trial into a race based issue instead of a dual murder issue. Instead of a hung jury outcome sought by the the defense, he trial ended up with a not guilty outcome due largely in part to the arrogance of the prosecution.
I felt that this book was a well-balanced account of how the prosecution lost the OJ Simpson case in 1995. - The only book I have ever read about the OJ Simpson trial, and I feel as though it's the only one I'll ever need to read.
This is the book for anybody who has found themselves baffled by the verdict on the trial of OJ Simpson announced just 25 years ago, and as this book reveals, it didn't simply boil down to a glove. The glove did effectively serve as the explanation in a culmination of a vast array of other factors that swayed the verdict of this case, race being the primary focus, but it wasn't simply the glove itself.
Toobin compiles a fascinating, insightful, work of fine journalism at its finest. - O.J. Simpson was good at running. He ran with a football at U.S.C. winning the coveted Heisman Trophy and went on to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a star for several seasons as a running back on the Buffalo Bills. He also ran way in the famous Bronco Chase from police arrest following his murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, his battered ex-wife, and Ronald Goldman a waiter at the Messaluna Restaurant who was returning sunglasses which had been dropped earlier in the evening while the Brown family were dining.
OJ was arrested and the most famous murder trial in the history of the racially divided city of Los Angeles was underway. The trial ended in an acquittal for Simpson. The defense had accused detective Mark Fuhrman of planting the glove found at 360 Rockingham the home address of Simpson. All of these facts are well known.
This book was first published in 1996 and has been reissued in paperback in the light of a drama series on the case and a five part television documentary. Toobin's book is the best one to read because
a. He gives a detailed account of the evidence in the case-Toobin's book makes clear that Simpson was guilty of the horrible crimes!
b.Toobin is good in exploring the racial tension existing in LA. Simpson was portrayed by Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey and
Barry Schecht as a victim of police conspiracy and the planting of pivotal evidence.
c. This book is very good at giving the reader mini-biographies of all the major lawyers and witnesses in the case. Also given is a brief biography of O.J. Simpson.
d.For objective and balanced reporting this book is the definitive book on the Simpson case. Essential and well written and researched. - Really great book on which the recent American Crime series was based. The book is less sensational and more factual and is the better for that distinction. It provides a lot of background info on all the major figures in the case and some much needed historical and cultural context to help me understand better why the case was tried the way it was, and why the jurors made the decision they made, and most of all why the country was so polarized by the case and the verdict. I was a newly married twenty something with a baby at the time of the murders and the court case and it was fascinating to go back all these years later, with the benefit of age and maturity and the benefit of this writer's meticulous research, the contextual information I described, and his skill and talent as a writer, and reexamine this event in a way that taught me something new.
