While people may call the O.J. Simpson case “the trial of the century,” one of his lawyers doesn’t think it ranks as one of the most important cases of the 20th century.

“It was a highly publicized trial that established no real important legal principles,” his former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, told Business Insider.

As an appellate adviser for Simpson’s defense, Dershowitz helped get Simpson acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1995.

But despite his opinion that the case didn’t introduce any novel legal principle, Dershowitz still believes the trial helped change the way read more >>>

Source : BusinessInsider.Com