Hutchinson says that the Simpson case simply touched then and still touches too many hot buttons for it to ever fade entirely from the public view.
Los Angeles, Ca, December 01, 2008 — Author and political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson says that the O.J. Simpson case simply touched then and still touches too many hot buttons for it to ever fade entirely from the public view. Hutchinson insists that the Simpson saga remains an enduring cautionary tale about the fall from a grace of a one time hero and its affect on society. Hutchinson was a media and trial commentator during O.J. Simpson’s Los Angeles trial. He detailed the Simpson saga in Beyond O.J.: Race, Sex and Class Lessons for America.
Author and political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson says that O.J. Simpson’s sentencing on multiple felony counts in Las Vegas December 5th will not end the Simpson saga. Hutchinson was a media and trial commentator during O.J. Simpson’s Los Angeles trial. He detailed the Simpson saga in Beyond O.J.: Race, Sex and Class Lessons for America.
Hutchinson maintains that Simpson’s sentence will satisfy the court of law in Nevada. It won’t totally satisfy many in the court of public opinion. Simpson’s acquittal on double murder charges thirteen years ago still sticks in the craw of much of America. If Simpson served every day of a lengthy sentence with even the faint possibility of walking free that will not be good enough for many. From the day that he beat the double murder rap and walked out of a Los Angeles court, he has gone wherever he pleased and done what he pleased. He’s been trailed by a pack of doting former fans, and celebrity gawkers.
Yet, Simpson’s ill gained notoriety and perverse celebrity virtually guaranteed that the legal hammer would drop especially hard on him at the first whiff of criminal wrongdoing. Hutchinson says that the Simpson case simply touched then and still touches too many hot buttons for it to ever fade entirely from the public view.
The hot buttons are celebrity allure, racial passions, sports idolatry, and a troubling legal double standard in which the rich and famous can seeming buy justice, while the poor can’t. Hutchinson insists that the Simpson saga remains an enduring cautionary tale about the fall from a grace of a one time hero and its affect on society.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His forthcoming book is How Obama Won (Middle Passage Press, January 2009).
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