O.J. Simpson's murder trial divided America. His death from cancer at the age of 76 last week has had much the same effect.

The former NFL star was notoriously acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.

A civil jury letter found him liable. Many believe he was acquitted by a jury who were angry about racial disparities in the justice system and wider society.

A point controversially explained by this CNN contributor.

It was so racially charged because of what had happened just before with Rodney King,

but also just how black Americans feel about policing.

It's not like O.J. Simpson was the leader of the civil

rights movement of his error. He wasn't a social justice leader, but he represented something

for the black community in that moment in that trial, particularly because there were two

white people who had been killed. and the history around how black people have

been persecuted during slavery. There were just so many layers. So what should O.J. Simpson's legacy

be and how much of his trial paved the way for the debate still simmering today? Well,

joining me to discuss all this is academic and author Mark Lamont Hill, lawyer Alan Dershowitz,

who was part of

OJ's dream team defense, lawyer Gloria already, represented the family of Nicole Brown Simpson,

and Jeffrey Toobin, author of Run of His Life, on which the seminal real crime series American

Nightmare, The People v. O.J. Simpson, was based. Well, welcome to all of your stellar panel. Let me start,

first of all, if I may, with you, Alan Dershowitz, because you were part of O.J.'s team.

Do you think he did it? I mean, he's dead now. You can be honest.

No, I can't. I'm a lawyer, and I go to my grave with any information he provided me.

He asserted his innocence from the very beginning.

Remember, the jury didn't find him innocent.

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