>> ALL RIGHT WELCOME BACK TO
CHEDDAR'S NEWS WRAP A QUARTER
CENTURY AGO THE ENTIRE NATION
WATCHED RIVETED AS ONE OF THE
MOST CONTROVERSIAL COURT CASES
IN U.S. HISTORY REACHED ITS
CONCLUSION SATURDAY MARKS THE
25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VERDICT
HANDED DOWN IN THE O J
SIMPSON TRIAL. WHAT IS THE
ENDURING LEGACY OF THIS HIGHLY
PUBLICIZED CASE AND OJ SIMPSON
SUBSEQUENT KID HAPPENING AND
BURGLARY TRIAL. 13 YEARS LATER
HERE THIS NOW TO DISCUSS IS THE
ONE AND ONLY ASHLEIGH BANFIELD
HOST OF JUDGMENT WITH ASHLEIGH
BANFIELD ON COURT
TV ACTUALLY BUT A HUGE FAN OF
YOURS I USED TO WORK WITH DAN
ABRAMS OVER AT MEDIAITE SO I'M
NO STRANGER TO THE WORLD OF
COURT TV AND I FOLLOWED YOUR
CAREER CLOSELY FOR A VERY LONG
TIME BUT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO HAVING YOU ON THE SHOW I DO
WANT TO START WITH A SPECIAL
EDITION OF YOUR PROGRAM WHICH
AIRS ON SUNDAY. IT'S ALL ABOUT
OJ SIMPSON'S.
2008 CASE THE BURGLARY AND
KIDNAPPING TRIAL WHERE A GUILTY
VERDICT WAS HANDED DOWN.
13 YEARS IRONICALLY TO THE DAY
AFTER THE ORIGINAL TRIAL WRAP
UP ACTUALLY TAKE A QUICK LOOK
AT A PREVIEW. AND WE'LL TALK
ABOUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> SIMPSON IS BACK IN HANDCUFFS
ONCE AGAIN FACING SERIOUS
CHARGES.
>> THE STUNNING SEQUEL TO THE
TRIAL OF
THE CENTURY.
>> WHAT IS INTENT TO COMMIT A
CRIME OR WAS HIS INTENT TO
RECOVER PROPERTY THAT
WAS STOLEN.
>> MISTER SIMPSON HAD ASKED ME
TO SHOW MY WEAPON AND LOOK
MENACING WHAT ARE YOU THINKING
OF THAT WIND IS GOING TO BE A
ROAD.
>> CAN'T WAIT FOR IT ACTUALLY
WHAT DO YOU FIND
MOST COMPELLING AS YOU DID YOUR
RESEARCH ON THE 2008 OJ SIMPSON
CASE.
>> SO I HAVE TO SAY I SETTLED
RIGHT LEG COVERED THE WHOLE
TRIAL. I COURSE COVERED THE
TRIAL 25 YEARS AGO
AS WELL. THE MOST COMPELLING
THING FOR ME THEN WAS WATCHING
THAT MAN SITTING AT THE
DEFENSE TABLE. AGAIN AFTER HE'D
LITERALLY BEEN GIVEN THE BEST
GIFT OF HIS LIFE AND THAT WAS
JUST GATE ON THOSE CHARGES BACK
IN 95.
THIS TIME ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8
O'CLOCK EASTERN YOU'RE GOING TO
HEAR
HIS VOICE THIS IS SOMETHING I
DIDN'T
>> JAY SAID A FEW THINGS TO
HIS VICTIM IN THIS CASE BRUCE
FROMONG WHO WAS THE VICTIM OF
THE.
>> WHO STRANGELY SHOWED UP AT
THE BRIDGE HERE IN SAID YOU
KNOW OF OJ NEED TO RIDE YOU SAW
COME PICK YOU UP AND WE JUST
GOT OUT.
AND WE HAVE THAT
MESSAGE THAT HE LEFT
APOLOGIZING AND I DON'T
THINK THAT NEVER TO APOLOGIZE
FOR CRIME BEFORE AND SO TO ME
THIS IS EXTRAORDINARILY
COMPELLING.
>> DURING THE ORIGINAL OJ
SIMPSON CASE HE WAS ALREADY
INCREDIBLY WELL KNOWN HE WAS
ALREADY PRO FOOTBALL HALL
OF FAMER, BUT THE EMPHASIS IN
THE NAME OJ
SIMPSON MAY IT MEANT SO MUCH
MORE TO SO MANY PEOPLE COME
2008 HEAD OF THE ORIGINAL CASE
PLAY INTO
A CASE.
>> IT WAS EVERYTHING JUDY IT
WAS IT WAS EVERYTHING I MEAN IT
WAS NOT LOST ON
ANYONE THAT. THERE WAS A REAL
POSSIBILITY, OJ WAS SITTING IN
DEFENSE TABLE BECAUSE HAS OF
THE
1995 VERDICT. AND THERE WAS A
REAL POSSIBILITY HE COULD GET
CONVICTED IN THE 2008 CASE
BECAUSE OF A LACK OF THE
VERDICT THAT MANY HAD WANTED IN
THE 1995 CASE. I ALSO
THINK JUST I GREW UP WITH THE
NAME OJ UBIQUITOUS IN MIND ALSO
HE WAS A HERO
HE WAS HE WAS EVERYTHING MY DAD
WAS CRAZY ABOUT O J AND SO TO
SORT OF YOU KNOW HAVE HIM EARLY
IN
MY CAREER AS THIS VILLAIN WAS
TOUGH IT WAS IT WAS TOUGH TO TO
RECONCILE THIS AND I THINK FOR
ANYONE. IT WAS HARD TO IMAGINE
THAT
MAN WHO WAS A COMMERCIAL
SUCCESS, HE WAS THE FACE OF
HURTS RUNNING THROUGH THE
AIRPORT HE WAS BUT HE WASN'T
THERE. YOU
KNOW OF ICAHN AND TO IMAGINE
THAT HE COULD BUT SURE TO
PEOPLE TO THE POINT OF
SEVERANCE
HAD NEARLY WAS UNFATHOMABLE AND
I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
STILL TRAVEL EXCEPT THEY FIND
THE VERDICT EVEN
MORE UNFATHOMABLE I THINK THAT
ALL CAME AS PACKAGE IN 2008.
>> I JUST MAY SOUND IMPOSSIBLE
QUESTION BUT ACTUALLY TALKING
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHAT WAS
IT
IN PART THAT MADE THAT ORIGINAL
CASE IN THE MID 1990'S
AS CAPTIVATING AS IT WAS I WAS
A YOUNG KID BUT I CAN STILL
REMEMBER ALMOST EVERY FIGURE
THE JUDGE ITO'S OF THE WORLD
AND AND THE HEAD JOHNNY
COCHRAN'S DEFENSIVE.
I MEAN HOW WHAT STANDS OUT WHY
HAS THAT CASE TO THE TEST OF
TIME A QUARTER CENTURY LATER.
>> I THINK YOU KNOW WE WERE IN
A PERIOD OF TIME RACE RIOTS,
THE RUGBY YOU KNOW FIRES
THROUGHOUT
LOS ANGELES. AND PEOPLE DID
AGAIN IN THIS COUNTRY AND
LISTEN IT WAS MY HERE IN THE
GRAY SHUN. SO I LANDED IN THIS
I THINK DAYS BEFORE THE
VERDICT. I HAVE TO SAY I WAS
SO STUNNED. I I'M ONLY FROM
NEXT DOOR NORTH FROM CANADA TO
ACTUALLY BE HERE.
IT WAS HOW WILL HOW THIS
COUNTRY AGAIN BLACK CAN WEIGH
ON THIS TRIAL. AND THE
WELL, YEAH EVERY SINGLE PERSON
THAT I'VE EVER SPOKEN TO AND
I'M ASSUMING YOU AS WELL EVEN
THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
YOUNG, YOU KNOW WHERE
YOU WERE WHEN THAT VERDICT CAME
DOWN AND YOU REMEMBER YOUR
EMOTION WHEN THAT VERDICT CAME
DOWN THEIR VERY FUTURE MILES
THAT WE CAN
TALK ABOUT THAT PERMEATES THE
SITE HE AND YOUR DNA IS DEEPLY
IS THAT ONE DAY AND AGAIN I
THINK IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS HIM
POSSIBLE TO IMAGINE THAT MAN
DOING THAT.
THE EVIDENCE WAS OVERWHELMING
AND SO THE VERDICT.
I MEAN CURRENT HAS IT
WAS LIKE IT WAS A CIRCUS AND
ALL SURFACES SEPARATE CASEY
ANTHONY.
BUT IT IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE AND
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
CHANGED THEIR OPINIONS AS.
THE EVIDENCE HAS
SETTLED THE STORY HAS SETTLED
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
GET OVER THE HYPE AND THE ANGER
AND THE FRUSTRATION OF THE DAY
AND JUST CLEARLY LOOK AT THE
CASE ITSELF.
>> ACTUALLY I WOULD ARGUE THAT
THE ERA OF CABLE TELEVISION HAS
HAD AN UNDENIABLE IMPACT ON THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM IN AND
OF ITSELF. THERE IS AN
INTERESTING NETFLIX SERIES THAT
WAS RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR CALLED
TRIAL BY MEDIA THAT CLOSELY
EXAMINES BASICALLY THE THE ROLE
OF THE COURT TV'S OF THE WORLD
AND OTHERS AND THIS IDEA OF
INCREASING TRANSPARENCY.
WHAT'S THE CASE AS TO WHY THE
JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS
WHY ARE WE BETTER OFF AS A MORE
INFORMED CITIZENRY TO HAVE
AROUND THE
CLOCK COVERAGE. ALL OF THESE
HIGH-PROFILE COURT CASES AND
HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO ANY
CRITICS WHO SAY
AFTER THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOW
NOT MORE JUST AS A RESULT OF
THE ROLE OF JOURNALISTS.
>> I THINK THAT IS A
FANTASTIC QUESTION AND THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR HER THINKING
THAT WENT THROUGH BECAUSE WE
HAVE HEARD ON STABILITY IN THIS
REPUBLIC TO SERVE IT TO BE
JURORS TO KNOTS KATE ON JURY
DUTY AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
GET OUT
OF IT THAT'S MY FIRST SOAP BOX
IN THE JUMP UP ON FOR A MOMENT,
I THINK ONE OF THEM THINGS THAT
IS SPECTACULAR ABOUT OUR SYSTEM
IS THE ABILITY TO BE
TRANSPARENT AND TO BE ABLE AS A
CITIZEN TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS
AND TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS IT IN
ACTION.
OF BEEN WORKER SPOTTED I'VE
BEEN TO EVERY COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD MOST PEOPLE CAN'T GET A
VISA TO AND I HAVE SEEN COULD
JUSTICE I HAVE SEEN GOOGLE OF
JUSTICE AND SO TO SEE OUR
JUSTICE SYSTEM WHILE IT IS BY
NO MEANS J D PERFECT IT IS A
BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO KNOW
THAT WE CAN WATCH THIS PROCESS
START TO FINISH LITERALLY GAVEL
TO GAVEL.
LETS ME SLEEP AT NIGHT WHAT
DOESN'T LET ME SLEEP AT NIGHT
IS
MAKING SPORT OF IT SO I THINK
THAT'S THE CRITICAL PART OF
YOUR I AM VERY VERY PROUD TO
HAVE BEEN A PART OF COURT TV
FOR MANY YEARS DURING THE EARLY
ODDS OF COURT TV. AND NOW IT'S
RESURGENCE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY
JUST COMMITTED TO THAT
YOU KNOW THE C SPAN LIKE
TREATMENT OF A TRIAL WE GET YOU
IN THERE AND THEN WE SHUT UP
AND IT'S LITERALLY
THE ACTION WITH ALL THE WEIRD
SILENCE ISN'T STRANGE ARE
KENNEDY THAT THE TREE
I WILL BRING BUT WHAT WE DON'T
DO IS ALL OF
A SUDDEN MAKE A SPORT AND A
CIRCUS OUT OF IT WE DON'T START
YOU KNOW GETTING THE YELLING AT
SQUAD TOGETHER. WE DON'T
TREATED CASES LIKE CABLE NEWS
WOULD TREAT. AMERICAN
JURISPRUDENCE FOR JUST REALLY
PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU A
PROCESS AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE
ABOUT IT AND I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS WE
LEARNED ABOUT OKAY WAS THAT
JUDGES HAD TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS
OF THEIR
DECISIONS RIGHT.
>> DO I LET YOU OPEN UP THIS
PROCESS FOR THE PUBLIC SO THAT
THERE ARE NO
QUESTIONS AND THERE'S NO
CRITICISM OR DO I.
>> THE CRITICISM THAT GOT JUDGE
EACH OTHER. I CAN'T ANSWER
THAT FOR EVERY JUDGE I AM CLEAR
CONVICTION THAT IT'S BETTER TO
OPEN THAT
PROCESS UP. BECAUSE EVERYONE
WILL FORM HIS OR HER OWN
OPINION AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT
THIS NATION'S ABOUT.
>> I KNOW THAT WAS NOT THE
EASIEST QUESTION BUT THAT WAS
AN INCREDIBLY WELL A VERY
THOUGHTFUL WRIST C SPAN CALLS
ITSELF AN UNFILTERED VIEW OF
GOVERNMENT I CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND THE
COMPARISONS THERE FOR THE
SERVICE THAT COURT TV HAS
PROVIDED TO MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST FEW DECADES THAT IS
UNDENIABLE AS FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED THE ONE AND ONLY
ASHLEIGH BANFIELD HOST OF
JUDGMENT WITH ASHLEIGH BANFIELD
ACTUALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TAKING THE TIME OF COURSE YOU
CAN CATCH THE SPECIAL EDITION