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Closing the Book On the Simpson Saga
Crown
May 1998
On Sale: April 25, 1998
644 pages
ISBN: 0609601709
EAN: 9780609601709
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
When Daniel Petrocelli was first approached to represent the
family of Ron Goldman in the O.J. Simpson civil trial, he
was one of the few people in America who had paid little
attention to the Simpson criminal trial. His first
inclination was to turn down the case. But as friends and
clients urged him to accept, as he got to know not only the
Goldmans but the facts of the case and the human tragedy
lurking behind it, Petrocelli realized this was something he
had to tackle head on. Never having tried a murder case, putting his firm's
considerable reputation at risk, confronting a media swarm
for which he was totally unprepared, and facing an
overwhelming financial disadvantage, Petrocelli nonetheless
went on a personal and increasingly passionate mission to
bring about justice. Triumph of Justice is a chronicle of
that mission. Petrocelli's insights, observations, and
inside information not only show us how he convinced a jury
to find O.J. Simpson liable for $33.5 million in the deaths
of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman--proving to the
American people that their legal system does indeed work--he
also makes the story a compelling and exciting legal read. Among the revelations detailed in these pages:
Petrocelli's ten-day, no-holds-barred deposition of O.J. Simpson
What Petrocelli learned from the incendiary depositions and
interviews of Kato Kaelin, Faye Resnick, Marcus Allen, A.C.
Cowlings, and others
The surprising realizations that emerged from a mock jury
trial, which Petrocelli lost
His dramatic face-to-face courtroom confrontation with O.J.
Simpson on the witness stand
What happened that night in Brentwood Petrocelli also offers insight into the larger issues--of
race, wealth, celebrity, and police competence--surrounding
the case. He places the trial in its proper context and, in
so doing, examines legal questions and issues about our
justice system that affect and reflect upon every one of us.
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