You put me on this trial because you wanted a black face, but the truth is, you never wanted a black voice.
You got to get it on your own. Nobody can do it for you.
Whatever you and Marcia are doing, it’s gotta stop now, Johnnie. You get a mistrial, and we have to do this whole thing over again. There is no way you will win.
We have to stop looking at this case as a slam dunk.
We get one black juror, just one… and I’ll give you a hung jury. When I give you a hung jury… you are going home. You’re going home.
Toughen up, Cochran. This is the smokers’ lounge. Day care’s on the first floor.
Today we make them think these cops lie about little things, so that tomorrow we can show them they lie about big things. Even if they’re doing it for what they think is right. That’s where we pull. That’s where the daylight’s at.
Time after time, the police shoot first, and offer sloppy apologies afterwards.
Those tapes are today. In a week, they’re flotsam over the stern.
This could be the most high-profile criminal case in the history of the world.
There’s only one way to shut up Dershowitz. Hire him.
There are theories everywhere, and everyone loves to hear them, talk about them. So when the defense comes in with something exotic, it makes the jury sit up and listen, instead of playing tic-tac-toe with themselves. Or flat-out fall asleep.
