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Johnnie Cochran [1937-2005] American

Rank: 106
Lawyer

Johnnie L Cochran, Jr. was an American lawyer best known for his leadership role in the defense and criminal acquittal of O. J. Simpson for the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman.

Legal, Money

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We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.		101
If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.		102
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.	Money	103
If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.		104
I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.		105
If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the entire world to see, and you get only a $200 fine, what kind of message does that send about lying in our courts?		106
Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.		107
In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.		108
I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can't just walk around free like we did; life has changed.		109
Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.		110
On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it.		111
I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.	Legal	112
Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.		113
The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change.		114
I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.		115
An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.		116

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