People doubted him, but in the first season of his new TV show, Sacha Baron Cohen brought the fire week after week. His sensational show “Who is America?” continued to fill us with immeasurable nakhes (and anxiety.) He strategically chose notorious figures to target with sly barbs and sharp-edged guile. Baron Cohen has honed his…
After news broke that O.J. Simpson would soon be released from Nevada prison after serving nine years for armed robbery, the family of murder victim Ron Goldman denounced the decision as justice gone wrong. “He became exactly who he normally is, and I started to panic a little and obviously like everybody else we watched…
As O.J. Simpson tries for early release after being imprisoned for armed robbery, the father of murder victim Ron Goldman insisted the ex-football star should not get out of prison anytime soon. “What’s troubling to me is not only him but the whole system that gives second chances to violent felons, for that matter anyone…
What happens when following the letter of the law still leads to an unjust outcome? What is the remedy? What, besides expressing deep outrage, are ordinary citizens to do? The acquittal of George Zimmerman of murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Trayvon Martin left many Americans holding two thoughts that at first seem…
Famed defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz rejected new allegations from a prosecutor that O.J. Simpson’s famed courtroom glove trick was a stunt. Nearly 17 years after the “if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” episode, ex-prosecutor Chris Darden claimed late defense attorney Johnnie Cochran tampered with the glove, helping the ex-football star walk away from a…
Lindsay Lohan’s recent headlines have had little to do with boozing and drugging, and more to do with affiliating with members of the tribe. We recently reported that Lohan was spotted arm-in-arm with former IDF soldier Eilat Anschel. Yesterday, it was reported that she recruited former O.J. Simpson-defender and not-so-favorite-Jew Robert Shapiro to rescue her…
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NPR Legal Correspondent Nina Totenberg in conversation with Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren. To benefit the Forward.
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