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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: O. J. Simpson was a popular, beloved football star and American celebrity.
Chapter 3: Both Los Angeles’s racial history and its celebrity culture played major roles in O. J. Simpson’s ultimate fate.
Chapter 4: Police treated O. J. with unusual deference due to his celebrity status. This compromised the court process.
Chapter 5: O. J.’s defense turned compelling evidence into sweeping claims of an LAPD-driven, racially motivated conspiracy.
Chapter 6: Confident in its evidence, the prosecution faltered, while the defense played a different game entirely.
Chapter 7: Jury selection, the trial itself, and the verdict reveal America’s complex, deep-seated, ongoing racial tensions today.
Description
The Run of His Life (1997) examines the essentials of the O. J. Simpson murder case: the personalities involved and the social forces that led to the shocking acquittal of this football superstar. These blinks don’t just chronicle the story of one man but also explore how American society turned Simpson’s story of triumph into one of tragedy.
Who Should Listen
- True crime fans
- Pop culture junkies
- People interested in understanding race relations in America