USA: OJ SIMPSON TRIAL: COURTROOM CLASH

(16 Mar 1995) English/Nat
Prosecution and defence lawyers at the O-J Simpson trial have apologised (Thursday) after an angry courtroom clash.
Prosecutor Marcia Clark and defence lawyer F. Lee Bailey lost their tempers over whether the defence had tried to fabricate claims of racism against Detective Mark Fuhrman.
Judge Lance Ito told the court that they went "beyond the bounds of professional conduct" during yesterday's (Wednesday) outbursts.
A senior Los Angeles police detective then gave evidence, saying that he looked for a second glove but saw only one glove at the murder scene.
First, Clark apologised to Bailey.
SOUNDBITE:
"I don't like to engage in that sort of exchange. I think it's unseemly, I think that it's bad for the entire profession and I do extend to Mr Bailey my apology for the extreme nature of the exchange yesterday. I don't anticipate that happening again, and I think that we will all, from this day forwards, conduct ourselves as professionals, seasoned professionals that we all are."
SUPER CAPTION: Marcia Clark, Prosecutor
Bailey then apologized to Clark, but saved his kindest words for Ito. He told Ito he was sorry for causing the judge any criticism for the outbursts, in which Clark called Bailey a liar and Bailey called Clark shrill.
SOUNDBITE:
"My apology, my most profound apology is directed at the court. I've been doing this for 40 years, I was caught off guard with that accusation, the reaction was less restrained and less professional that it should have been and the thing that pains me the most is any criticism that has been directed at the court because of conduct of counsel, in my view, you're one of the finest trial judges I've ever had the privilege to appear before."
SUPER CAPTION: F. Lee Bailey, Defense Lawyer
The cross examination of Fuhrman briefly resumed after the apologies.
Then Lieutenant Frank Spangler replaced Detective Fuhrman on the witness stand. He backed up Fuhrman's story, telling the court that Fuhrman was rarely alone and had never picked up a glove. He also testified that he looked at the murder scene from several angles searching for a second glove but couldn't find one.
Jurors were not in court for Wednesday's outburst or for the apologies Thursday.
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[@michaelsinclair8733]

If it was any other Judge, lawyers on both sides would have been held in contempt.

[@TDKiller415]

I think either Cochran, Bailey or Scheck would've spent a weekend in prison for contempt. Ito should've barred race or any other baseless speculations or allegations like Judge Fujisaki later did in the civil trial. That was why Fuhrman's use of the n-word was deemed irrelevant and his discovery of the glove was deemed admissable because of the 14 officers who said they saw only one glove before Fuhrman arrived, and that was how the Goldmans' lawyer Daniel Petrocelli got the defence microbiologist John Gerdes to admit that there was no blood contamination in this particular case. OJ did it, plain and simple. And the self entitled monkeys can fuck off.

[@yoyossarian9468]

His first name was Frank his second name was spangler

[@danielosullivan7940]

Any relation to spanky Spangler?

[@mro234]

That's s-p-a-n

[@HajimeNoJMo]

@@danielosullivan7940Or Egon Spangler?

[@cheapy2006]

Oj did it, plain and simple.

[@spaceage1267]

+The Pantyhose Factory It's already been proven.

[@zakfrancis5352]

+spaceage 1 no it hasn't because he wasn't found guilty, if they had viable proof he wouldn't have been found innocent

[@spaceage1267]

+Zak Francis You're delusional. Sadly, this case wasn't about the facts, it wasn't about the DNA evidence. It was about race... why because OJ defense team turned it into a race issue. And that's why he got off. He killed them plain and simple.

[@philipwilliams2528]

+spaceage 1 -The murders took place past midnight.

[@InfectedByZanza]

+Eamonn Oriain Not so plain and simple, the biggest mistake made by the prosecution is allowing the glove to be tried on by OJ, there were no boots found, no knife or a gun, the race card they played was because the evidence could have been planted by Fuhrman who was a racist. So there you have it.

[@Legba85]

This trial was on the verge of becoming another Three Stooges short.

[@stevededivanovic3824]

money buys u freedom its too bad

[@kencabinson9720]

Steve Dedivanovic it doesn't.....Why did Lil Kim go to jail? Why did Marsha Stewart go to prison. What about Patty Hearst. Her family had tons of money...

[@imadbasayev8541]

Money buys a level playing field. The prosecution had over 40 lawyers working on this and spent millions more than OJ.

[@carter7100]

He didn’t do it

[@scottiramage317]

Corrupt police get you off the hook

[@rontiemens2553]

@@scottiramage317 And get plenty of totally innocent people ON the hook.

[@Picasoul2012]

I'm only Here cas american crime story people vs oj

[@tparisi88]

Great video. Maybe cut it some more.

[@minnehaha316]

haha true. wish it was longer

[@edwardjonesjr2519]

No clash whatsoever. Did you post the wrong video?

[@hoangphucluu7906]

Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other

[@Peacekpr4]

Ito actually had an impeccable career, plus he’s a good man but he mishandled the OJ case. It was his courtroom, he let the case get out of hand but in Ito’s defense there was a lot of outside influence and ramifications. The defense did the only thing they could, and with the jurors having an average IQ of 80 there was no way to convict OJ of the murders he committed. Ito has only himself to blame, he ruined any chance Ron & Nicole had at justice. Regardless of Ito’s mishandling of his courtroom, the black jurors were never going to convict OJ, even if OJ was caught on camera committing the murder. Hate to say it but Fuhrman was right, he just went about it the wrong way. He should have never been put on the stand, was a huge mistake. Fuhrman should have moved to another planet, how can he say all those things and still have a public life.

[@KartikChugh]

They had no choice but to put him on the stand, since he found the crucial glove

[@jamiethomas5849]

Saying black people would’ve never convicted OJ is a cop out. They absolutely would’ve convicted him if his guilt was proven beyond reasonable doubt but there was reasonable doubt raised a million times in that trial. When you hear the man that was responsible for collecting the evidence take the 5th when asked if he planted or manufactured the evidence, that right there is honestly all the reasonable doubt you need. That’s not saying he did plant it but it’s sure as hell not saying he didn’t either

[@SAoutlaw]

Ito ruined any chance of justice 💀 thats a new one lmao haven’t heard that before

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Well he was fired from the LAPD and he sued them moved to Idaho somewhere and starting writing books for years.

[@Cloverfr]

@@jamiethomas5849 There was not reasonable doubt raised, there was an interesting story, nothing more. It's very obvious they fall for J.C. words, 4 hours debating an extraordinary long trial? Less than 4 hours? You can tell they voted based on feeling, they can blame the prosecution for their decision all they want, they let a double murderer get away with it.

[@WilliamBrown-vl2hl]

Mark Fuhrman collected some of the evidence. need i say more.🤔👁🕵‍♂🚨⏳🗿

[@viraphanhoriyavong1455]

Ito need a body guard

[@davidforreal2116]

F Lee Bailey was one of the reasons O.J. Got off and he exposed Furhman for who he really was

[@TDKiller415]

I think from OJ's defence team, the only lawyer who knew OJ did it but truly did not care at all about the victims was F. Lee Bailey. At least Johnnie Cochran made a statement after the trial that no one in the black community believes in murder and their hearts have gone out to the families from day 1. He had the decency to at least do that, in his own way atoning for what he did, even though it was his job. Bailey seemed like the truly emotionless one, as if he was only interested in his fee, feeling no sympathy for Ron or Nicole. No wonder he got disbarred.

[@TDKiller415]

@Jordan Sharpe Skin colour makes no difference, murder is murder. The punishment should be the same.

[@TDKiller415]

@Jordan Sharpe Here's a question: Why don't you fuck off with your racist views and learn to spell?

[@pneulancer]

Why should the attorney show any emotion for the victims? His or her job is to defend their client. Why the fuck is that so hard for people to understand?

[@TDKiller415]

@@pneulancer Its called being human, moron

[@ferda9476]

Bailey's job wasn't to prove OJ didnt kill her. Bailey's job was to prove that the prosecution did not present a case for murder without a reasonable doubt. Manslaughter? Thats an entirely different story. But the prosecution chose pre-meditated murder. That was their choice. And it was Bailey's job to prove that they didn't have a case.

[@christoperbazen5912]

Bailey is probably the best criminal attorney of all time

[@janeingermany2258]

I don’t think Marcia Clark did a good job on this case, reason why OJ got free. Grrrrr

[@philipwilliams1754]

iam jamie--He was acquitted ,because he was innocent.

[@janeingermany2258]

LOL

[@user-cz9rq3xf5y]

It was because of Furman and being simply racist and ironically the defendant was black, which made a strong possibility that Furman planted the evidence, Furman tried to destroy audio records so Simpson wouldnt get acquited because of his racist endeavours.

[@jaquelinekristineschager6151]

Wow this comment section is savage. And you really didn’t need to call this girl " rice eater " this is Racist. I do believe Marsha did a amazing job she just couldn’t twist it like OG's TEAM could. I think he got free because his defend team made a show with a lot of theories & accusations and a lot of throwing dirty laundry.

[@jaquelinekristineschager6151]

@@philipwilliams1754 He was not innocent.

[@TDKiller415]

We all know what happened that night. Do you? This answer is you don't, but you heard from someone who heard from someome who heard from someone that Fuhrman planted the glove, so decided "Yeah, OK, I'll believe this terrible baseless accusation against this innocent detective!" Similar to the words James Gunn used to defend Chris Pratt against the wokies not long ago. The same logic obviously applied here too regarding Fuhrman.

[@salj.5459]

Ironic that you can't see that the same applies to you and your opinion that you reached before seeing any evidence

[@TDKiller415]

@@salj.5459 I'm quoting James Gunn. And yes, I know what happened that night, any normal human being who saw the evidence will know. Only mun🔑s will continue to say OJ deserved the acquittal or Fuhrman planted evidence. Sit down and have some 🍌🍌🍌

[@m42037]

Amber Heard goes to jail for perjury, news at 11:00 🤣

[@daisyrandone7112]

funny you're here when johnny depp is white ppl's OJ. everyone knows he did it but people would rather believe in an obscure conspiracy theory than believe their hero is a SOB who deserves nothing but agony.

[@TaiPHoo]

Marcia Clark is as incompetent as she is unprofessional.

[@hellolettuce5645]

How?-

[@stevededivanovic3824]

hj

[@janiceleighton7348]

Are wipe

[@lynndragoman2454]

Marcia Clark eating her words after lying about F Lee Bailey

[@mystriddlery]

You mean the guy who got disbarred right after this case?

[@lynndragoman2454]

@@mystriddlery right after

[@chancetalbot8519]

free o.j

[@discobutterfly]

what the hell

[@alvalankerofficial]

He is free lol. Look him up on Twitter, he posts all the time.

[@TDKiller415]

Would you still want him free if he were white and Nicole and Ron were black? Or would you want him lynched?

[@gmard1]

Bailey was full of it