HUFFINGTON POST: O.J. Simpson’s former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star’s armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia.
Miami-based attorney Yale Galanter quickly found himself under withering cross-examination from a Simpson lawyer intent on proving that Galanter’s word couldn’t be trusted – that he knew ahead of time of Simpson’s plan and spent more effort covering up his involvement than representing Simpson…
“Mr. Simpson never told me he was going to go to the Palace (Station) hotel with a bunch of thugs, kidnap people and take property by force,” Galanter said at one point. “To insinuate I, as his lawyer, would have blessed it is insane.” … (more)
EDITOR: Although NewsLanc normally does not carry crime articles (other than by politicians), the original O. J. Simpson’s murder trial was so much a part of its times and a revelation concerning the makeup of society, that a fascination remains concerning what happens to Simpson later in his life.
