Effect of the O.J. Trial
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People v. Simpson, dubbed by many as "the trial of the century," was an expensive court case that taxed Los Angeles County's coffers. Many creative, and occasionally unconstitutional, proposals were suggested to lessen the county's hardship, but none were implemented. While the Simpson case may have captured the nation's attention, it was a poor justification to radically alter how the courts' costs are distributed. Simpson was but one trial in a system heavily predisposed to pretrial settlement and greatly burdened by systemic factors such as the "three strikes" legislation.
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