5543. Without a Doubt, by Marcia Clark with Teresa Carpenter (read 15 Mar 2018) I know, I should have read this book 20 years ago, when the trial was fresher in my mind. But I had never read a book about the O.J. Simpson trial and so I decided to read this book, by the lead prosecutor in the case. It is a revealing account of the tremendous pressure a lawyer goes through while trying a case, in that case magnified many times by the overwhelming publicity the murders had from the time they were committed through the verdict and for years thereafter. As I was reading the book matters about the case made national news--over 20 years after the trial. The reading of the book was not always absorbing, and, while I know the author, Marcia Clark, led a kind of notorious life and felt she had to be tough, I thought that when she was writing the book she could have had the good sense to eschew the crude and expletive-laden foul language which was a part of her day-to-day milieu. So, reading, not only in the quoted dialog but in the descriptive part of the book itself gutter talk was off-putting to me and made the reading at times a chore. I can understand how strongly the prosecution disliked the times the judge ruled against them and the disappointment in the jury's rapid decision (obviously they had made up their minds long before the trial) which went on for many months--end. Personally, the result in the civil trial I thought should have been satisfying to the relatives of the victims, since they received some money as recompense and Simpson sitting in jail for a lifetime would earn the victims nothing. Anyway, he did spend time in jail for a long time because he was so stupid as to commit another crime. So, even now, reading the book had some interest for me and was informative and instructive. ( )

Marcia Clark was the lead prosecutor in the 1995 trial of O.J. Simpson for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. In this briskly written tell-all, Clark gives a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most sensational criminal trials in American history. In doing so, she effectively accounts for the failure of the state to win a conviction of Simpson. ( )

Without ad doubt - a very good read. Interesting, a plausible version of truth on the OJ Simpson courtroom fiasco. ( )