Celebrity Death: F. Lee Bailey

[frisco]

Dead at 87. Probably the most famous defense attorney of all-time. Defended Patty Hearst, The Boston Strangler, Sam Sheppard, OJ Simpson and others. Hosted a TV show and wrote many books in the legal realm. A true legend of the law.

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[PanthersPens62]

Legal legend indeed. RIP.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP.

 

[Shockmaster]

The guy just completely destroyed Mark Fuhrman during the OJ trial.

 

[frisco]

The guy just completely destroyed Mark Fuhrman during the OJ trial.

In my mind, that was the key to the Simpson trial. If you prove one of the lead detectives is a liar and a racist so unequivocally, how can you really trust any of the evidence? Interestingly, there is a Bailey penned book on the OJ Trial coming out this month.

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[HolyGhost]

In my mind, that was the key to the Simpson trial. If you prove one of the lead detectives is a liar and a racist so unequivocally, how can you really trust any of the evidence? Interestingly, there is a Bailey penned book on the OJ Trial coming out this month.

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The question will always be was justice served that day

 

[frisco]

Eugene Levy does a good F. Lee at around 7:40 on...

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[Voight]

The actor who played him in the OJ dramatization was great.

I read in his NYT obituary that he was nearly broke when he died, which seemed odd given he was one of the bigger "celebrity lawyers"

 

[tarheelhockey]

The question will always be was justice served that day

Of course not. The evidence against OJ was overwhelming. Bailey found a way to get people to galaxy-brain their way to a different conclusion.

Let's be honest, you don't defend that list of clientele if your interest is in actual justice. That type of defense lawyer falls into the category of "if someone's going to make big money off this, it may as well be me".

 

[Hasbro]

What may have been worse was botching the defense of Patty Hearst.

Marine to Marine.