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All 636 pages of this book were spellbinding--by far the best trial lawyer book I've ever read. Petrocelli and Knobler do a magnificent job of keeping the reader hooked throughout a journey through depositions, evidence and testimony. Most electrifying of all was the examination of Simpson himself and his pathetic attempts to lie about the most obvious things presented him. Stripped of the timid Judge Ito, who allowed the criminal trial to become a circus dominated by misinformation and slander of the victims, Simpson was finally confronted with the actual evidence--and could only bluster, cower and try to talk about his Heisman Trophy.

I congratulate Petrocelli and his team on showing how justice can work after all, and I thank him and his co-author for a brilliant book.

Preponderance of Evidence

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"Triumph of Justice" is probably the best account by an "insider" of the Simpson legal and criminal saga. Civil attorney Daniel Petrocelli was hired by the Goldman family to represent them and bring justice for their son and brother, Ron and he takes the reader along on his first meeting with the Goldmans, to sharing memories of Ron, the tragedy of his life being cut so short, and the depositions and half-truths given by Simpson. Parts of the civil trial may be a bit heavy handed for the more impatient, but getting an inside glimpse of the civil trial, which received far less media attention that its criminal counterpart (not to mention, a firmer no-nonsense judge who would not allow cameras in his courtroom, nor any media pandering)is worthwhile. Far from being shown as a charasmatic, personable former athlete, Simpson comes across as a smarmy, cocky, self-absorbed guilty individual. His civil trial attorneys seemed, at least thru "Triumph", overwhelmed with the enormity of their client and the many half-truths and blatant lies he told. By comparison, Petrocelli steamrolled both them and Simpson and finishing the book, you come away with a deep sense of regret that Petrocelli couldn't have represented the State in the criminal matter.
Despite the heavy size of the volume, the reading is relatively smooth. Will "Triumph" truly close the book on the Simpson case? Probably not, but it should definitely be the case's swan song.

outstanding

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The definitive book on the Simpson case. Daniel Petrocelli and his fellow lawyers brilliantly dissected and debunked every myth about the Simpson case. I found the book very entertaining and well written and an excellent primer on how to do direct and cross examination of a witness.

The book also demonstrated the powerful differences between a criminal prosecution and a civil lawsuit. The plaintiff lawyers brilliantly used the civil rules of discovery to their benefit. They made a discovery demand for Simpson to provide all the evidence he had of any sort of police conspiracy, contaimination of evidence, evidence of any third party who did the murder, etc. Simpson could not produce a single piece of evidence to support any of these theories. And since he could not produce any such evidence, the court properly refused to allow him to argue those theories at trial. Trials are solely about what can be proven and disproven. They are not forums to throw out every cockamaimie theory you can come up with (the criminal trial in this case).

The civil rules also required Simpson to submit to "requests for admission" a powerful mechanism to reduce what has to be proven at a trial---if the opponent admits it, you don't have to prove it. Simpson had to admit that the blood collected at Bundy and in his car was his. And he had absolutely no evidence whatsoever to back up any claim that it was planted.

The civil rules also required Simpson to submit to a deposition and to testify at the trial. If he had refused to testify, he would've forfeited the case. And of course in his deposition and in his trial testimony he lied continuously and in easily provable ways. For every lie he gave the plaintiffs had one and usually at least two different witnesses to impeach Simpson, often testimony from his close friends, Taft, Cowlings, Kardashian and his estranged girlfriend Paula Barbieri, amongst others.

Finally, and most devastatingly, they found the photos of Simpson wearing the same shoes that were worn by the killer at the murder scene. Simpson had previously denied ever owning such shoes. And to try and debunk the photo? He brings in a kooky JFK conspiracy buff as his photo "expert". Then when 30 other photos from a different photographer show up, one of them printed in a newspaper 8 mo before the murders, the game was over for Simpson.

An innocent man doesn't have to lie when he's on trial. Simpson lied. I thought the most powerful argument that Petrocelli made in his rebuttal was concerning the attempt by Simpson's lawyers to trash the reputation of Ron Goldman. If Simpson was truly innocent, why would he try to trash and debase the memory of Ron Goldman? According to Simpson's theory, Ron Goldman died fighting to save the life of the mother of Simpson's children! In fact, if there really someone else who did the murder, then Goldman's heroics might've prevented the killer from going into the home and murdering Simpson's children. But instead Simpson's lawyers ended up mocking Ron Goldman. Only a guilty man does that.

Boring and incompetent writing

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Petrocelli (and/or his ghost writer) have put together a book that is replete with incorrect use of the language in terms of tenses and punctuation marks, and the writing style is without any real sense of flow. I found this effort tedious and poorly organized, certainly not worthy of an attorney of his stature -- unless it was written soley for the money that nearly any book about O.J. Simpson can produce.

Excellent book on the OJ case

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Truimph of Justice is an excellent book on the Civil Trial,of OJ Simpson,aka The Killer.
Daniel Petrocelli writes clearly and keeps the reader interested at all times.The reader is informed of all details and legal jargon is explained very well.Mr Petrocelli's thoughts on the case are balanced,and he is not biased,because anyone reviewing the evidence against Simpson would come to the conclusion that Simpson is CLEARLY guilty of double homicide.The writing makes you feel sad for Fred Goldman and his family who endured the murder of their son and the not gulity verdict of the man who obviously killed him and Nicole.
That Simpson was found guilty in the Civil trial is justice for the Goldmans and the Browns,because it was never about the money
that Simpson was ordered to pay(33 million)but it was about accountability.I have read reviews of this book and other books on the case and some people still come to the conclusion that Simpson didnt do it...i find that mindset laughable.Read the book and find out what a selfish rotten individual Simpson really is,hes a wife beater and a double murderer,