The jury is over this case. They were supposed to be sequestered for 2 months, and now it’s over 8. A few of them get conjugal visits, but other than that, they are cut off from the outside world. No TV, no radio, they can’t talk to other hotels guests, swim, discuss the case even with each other, their newspapers have holes where related stories have been cut out, and they can’t drink. And on top of that, the security guarding them talks to them like they are prison. The jurors don't have names, but numbers.
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The People v. OJ Simpson E5: The Race Card
Johnnie Cochran is driving his two daughters who are maybe 8 and 6, to dinner at Hamburger Hamlet. The girls have learned well from their father. They’re negotiating who gets to ride in the front seat. Suddenly, a police siren goes off. Cochran is being pulled over for failure to signal while changing lanes aka Driving A Benz While Black. Cochran says it’s the third time that week he’s been pulled over for no reason.
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