I bet a lot of people can remember exactly where they were when they heard the verdict in the trial of O.J. Simpson in 1995. I happened to be on the road in Raleigh, North Carolina. The radio was on, and suddenly, the broadcast was interrupted with the news that the verdict was about to come out. I’m not sure why, but I pulled into an empty parking lot to listen to the news. Like many people, I was stunned that Simpson was found not guilty in the double murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
It never occurred to me that I’d be interviewing any of the players about the trial—and, certainly, not more than 20 years later. But here I am speaking with Marcia Clark, the lead prosecutor. Some excerpts from our phone chat:
