Prosecuting O.J., Misogyny in the Courtroom, and Race and Justice, with Marcia Clark | Ep. 377

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Marcia Clark, best-selling author and former prosecutor, to talk about her role in the iconic O.J. Simpson trial, what it was like prosecuting the case in the media spotlight, the Bronco chase moment, the real O.J. Simpson, the relationship between police and O.J., the misogyny and sexism in the courtroom, the issue of race in the trial, the significance of the Mark Fuhrman tapes, trying on the "glove," how the trial changed Clark's life, O.J. Simpson today, prosecuting the case of Robert Bardo who was convicted of killing actress Rebecca Schaeffer, the rape that led her to want to become a prosecutor, growing up and raising kids, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show.
0:15.1	I'm so excited for this guest today.
0:19.0	Marsha Clark is a name that many know very well from the trial of the century, a century
0:25.3	ago.
0:26.3	We're way back in the 20th century.
0:28.7	In 1995, famed NFL player and actor O. J. Simpson was tried for the murders of his ex-wife,
0:36.0	Nicole Brown and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
0:39.0	The trial created a full-on media circus with around the clock coverage like this country
0:45.2	had never seen before.
0:47.8	At the center of it all was lead prosecutor Marsha Clark of the Los Angeles District Attorney's
0:52.8	Office.
0:53.8	Over the course of that eight-month trial, she and her fellow prosecutor, Christopher
0:57.3	Darden gave their best efforts to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the guilt of O. J. Simpson
1:03.4	in committing these two murders.
1:05.5	They faced off against a team of defense lawyers, including Robert Shapiro, Johnny Cochrane,
1:10.5	F. Lee Bailey, Robert Kardashian, later our pal Alan Dershowitz would join, known as
1:17.0	the Dream Team.
1:18.0	Dershowitz says he now refers to it as the nightmare team.
1:21.5	Clark-Rin was in the lead role and he rendered this famous standout line in closing arguments.
1:29.6	Like the defining moment in this trial, the day Mr. Darden asked Mr. Simpson to try out
1:36.1	those gloves and the gloves didn't fit.
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