F. Lee Bailey, member of OJ Simpson’s dream time, dies at 87
The larger-than-life lawyer died of unspecified causes in hospice care in Georgia on Thursday.
F. Lee Bailey, part of the Dream Team that won O. J. Simpson acquittal on double-murder charges in 1995, died on Thursday at the age of 87.
The larger-than-life lawyer died of unspecified causes in hospice care in the southern state of Georgia, his family said.
“He was great, he was smart, sharp as ever,” said Simpson.
Bailey eviscerated Los Angeles detective Mark Fuhrman at the former American football player’s trial, accusing him of manipulating crime scene evidence and harbouring racist motivations. That cross-examination was key to Simpson’s acquittal for the murder of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
Representing notorious clients was Bailey’s stock-in-trade, beginning with his 1966 reversal of osteopath Sam Sheppard’s conviction for murdering his wife, in a case that would inspire The Fugitive.
AFP
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